The number of states that have adopted numeric nutrient water-quality standards has increased to 23, up from ten in 1998. One state with both stream and reservoir phosphorus (P) numeric water-quality standards is Oklahoma. There were two primary objectives of this research: (1) determine if Oklahoma was meeting the stream and reservoir numeric water-quality standards in the Illinois River and E...

Soil erosion has been recognized as one of the major threats to our environment and water quality worldwide, especially in China. To mitigate nonpoint source water quality problems caused by soil erosion, best management practices (BMPs) and/or conservation programs have been adopted. Watershed models, such as the Annualized Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollutant Loading model (AnnAGNPS), have...

Watershed transformation frequently produces over-segmented images. The authors propose a solution to this problem. It utilizes hierarchical cluster analysis for grouping watersheds which are treated as objects characterized by a number of attributes. Initially the watershed merging method was meant only for gray-scale images, but later it was adapted for colour images. This paper presents furt...

Recently, a manuscript was published with the objective to complete a multivariable and multisite calibration and validation for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model on the Motueka River basin by Cao et al. (2006). Physically based distributed parameter models, such as SWAT, have become a preferred tool to predict watershed response not only at the watershed outlet, but also at inter...

Jin-Yong Choi (corresponding author) Department of Rural Systems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Sillim-dang, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, Korea E-mail: [email protected] Bernard A. Engel Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S. University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2093, USA E-mail: engelb@...

Development of rural areas in rivers margins and flood plains, without understanding and attention to the dynamical and hydrological conditions and upstream areas of the rivers will cause to increase flood risk and loss of life and financial. Flood zoning has many applications, in floodplain management. For management of the three major branches of the Halilrood River, Rabor, Roodar and Javaran...