Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategies through best management practices

S Giri, RG Lathrop, CC Obropta - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a growing scientific consensus on climate change and its impact on catchment
scale hydrologic and water quality processes. Therefore, it is not only important to …

Simulating soil conservation measures to control soil and nutrient losses in a small, vineyard dominated, basin

MC Ramos, C Benito… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent decades, newly planted vineyards have been adapted for labor–saving
mechanization. This has facilitated the use of machinery, but has meant that most of the soil …

Impact of BMPs on water quality: A case study in Big Sunflower River watershed, Mississippi

A Risal, PB Parajuli, Y Ouyang - International Journal of River …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Impact of Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be evaluated using
hydrologic and water quality models. Although numerous models with diverse function …

Comparing the selection and placement of best management practices in improving water quality using a multiobjective optimization and targeting method

LC Chiang, I Chaubey, C Maringanti… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Suites of Best Management Practices (BMPs) are usually selected to be economically and
environmentally efficient in reducing nonpoint source (NPS) pollutants from agricultural …

Development of a prototype web-based decision support system for watershed management

D Zhang, X Chen, H Yao - Water, 2015 - mdpi.com
Using distributed hydrological models to evaluate the effectiveness of reducing non-point
source pollution by applying best management practices (BMPs) is an important support to …

Spatial quantification of non-point source pollution in a meso-scale catchment for an assessment of buffer zones efficiency

M Piniewski, P Marcinkowski, I Kardel, M Giełczewski… - Water, 2015 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper was to spatially quantify diffuse pollution sources and estimate
the potential efficiency of applying riparian buffer zones as a conservation practice for …

Development of web-based WERM-S module for estimating spatially distributed rainfall erosivity index (EI30) using RADAR rainfall data

A Risal, KJ Lim, R Bhattarai, JE Yang, H Noh, R Pathak… - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite technological advances, soil erosion modeling is a very complicated process as the
amount and rate of soil erosion vary considerably over space and time. Universal Soil Loss …

Analyzing ecological restoration strategies for water and soil conservation

SI Saad, J Mota da Silva, MLN Silva, JLB Guimarães… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The choice of areas for nature conservation involves the attempt to maximize the benefits,
whether by carrying out an economic activity or by the provision of Ecosystem Services …

A web-based model to estimate the impact of best management practices

YS Park, BA Engel, J Harbor - Water, 2014 - mdpi.com
The Spreadsheet Tool for the Estimation of Pollutant Load (STEPL) can be used for Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) processes, since the model is capable of simulating the …

Development of Web GIS-based VFSMOD System with three modules for effective vegetative filter strip design

YS Park, BA Engel, Y Shin, J Choi, NW Kim, SJ Kim… - Water, 2013 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Non-Point Source Pollution has been rising as a significant environmental
issue. The sediment-laden water problem is causing serious impacts on river ecosystems …