Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin

Yang, Qichun; Almendinger, James E.; Zhang, Xuesong; Huang, Maoyi; Chen, Xingyuan; Leng, Guoyong; Zhou, Yuyu; Zhao, Kaiguang; Asrar, Ghassem R.; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Li, Xia

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.020

Title: Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin

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Publication Date:: Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1548019

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Ecological Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Ecological Engineering Journal Volume: 120 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-8574

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Yang, Qichun, Almendinger, James E., Zhang, Xuesong, Huang, Maoyi, Chen, Xingyuan, Leng, Guoyong, Zhou, Yuyu, Zhao, Kaiguang, Asrar, Ghassem R., Srinivasan, Raghavan, and Li, Xia. Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin.  Netherlands: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Yang, Qichun, Almendinger, James E., Zhang, Xuesong, Huang, Maoyi, Chen, Xingyuan, Leng, Guoyong, Zhou, Yuyu, Zhao, Kaiguang, Asrar, Ghassem R., Srinivasan, Raghavan, & Li, Xia. Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.020

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                    Yang, Qichun, Almendinger, James E., Zhang, Xuesong, Huang, Maoyi, Chen, Xingyuan, Leng, Guoyong, Zhou, Yuyu, Zhao, Kaiguang, Asrar, Ghassem R., Srinivasan, Raghavan, and Li, Xia. Sat .  
"Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.020.

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@article{osti_1548019,

  title        = {Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin},

  author       = {Yang, Qichun and Almendinger, James E. and Zhang, Xuesong and Huang, Maoyi and Chen, Xingyuan and Leng, Guoyong and Zhou, Yuyu and Zhao, Kaiguang and Asrar, Ghassem R. and Srinivasan, Raghavan and Li, Xia},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.020},

  journal      = {Ecological Engineering},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 120,

  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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