Defining Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) hydrologic response units (HRUs) by field boundaries

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Kalcic, Margaret M ^a   Chaubey, Indrajeet ^b   Frankenberger, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural watershed; Common land units; Field boundaries; Hydrologic response units; Landuse management; Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT); Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAND USE; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; COMMON LAND UNITS; FIELD BOUNDARIES; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE UNITS; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATERSHED MODELING;

SOILS;

EID: 84928779778     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20150803.951     Document Type: Article

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