Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: SWAT simulation of flow and water quality in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-96

  Baffaut, Claire ^a   Sadler, E John ^a   Ghidey, Fessehaie ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; LAND USE; SOILS; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; SIMULATED REDUCTION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITIES;

RIVERS;

ATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; RUNOFF;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84920996824     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0068     Document Type: Article

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