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SWIFT - Small Watershed Nutrient Forecasting Tool

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posted on 2023-11-30, 08:11 authored by USDA ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory

SWIFT (Small Watershed Nutrient Forecasting Tool), a component of the USDA/ARS Soil and Water Hub, is a web-based tool that allows the rapid estimation of sediment and nutrient loads from small watersheds for a given ecoregion in the US.

SWIFT can be used to estimate loads given relatively common information such as watershed size, landuse, and location. Estimated loads are provided as a distribution to illustrate the relative uncertainty inherent in the methods used. The web interface supports charting of precipitation, runoff, water yield, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen forecasts by ecoregion, watershed, and landuse (rangeland, cropland, urban, forest, pasture/hay) across the contiguous United States as annual averages.

SWIFT is based on the concept of export coefficients and delivery ratios. SWIFT uses export coefficients for major landuse categories in the US derived from SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) predictions. Delivery components are based on data derived from the CEAP (Conservation Effects and Assessment Project).


Resources in this dataset:

  • Resource Title: Website Pointer to SWIFT - Small Watershed nutrIent Forecasting Tool.

    File Name: Web Page, url: https://swift.brc.tamus.edu/Home/About

    The web dashboard interface for charting of precipitation, runoff, water yield, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen forecasts by ecoregion, watershed, and landuse (rangeland, cropland, urban, forest, pasture/hay) across the contiguous United States as annual averages.

Funding

Agricultural Research Service

History

Data contact name

White, Mike

Data contact email

mike.white@ars.usda.gov

Publisher

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Contiguous United States

ISO Topic Category

  • biota
  • environment
  • geoscientificInformation
  • inlandWaters

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

sediments; nutrients; landscapes; watersheds; groundwater; soil; land use; soil quality; conservation practices; runoff; pollutants; models; soil erosion models; simulation models; water reservoirs; water quality; Internet; pollution load; United States; nitrogen; phosphorus; prediction; cost effectiveness; hydrologic models; computer software; USDA; ecoregions; uncertainty; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; Conservation Effects Assessment Project; water yield; rangelands; cropland; forests; pastures; urbanization

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 211
  • 212
  • 215

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

USDA ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory (2018). SWIFT - Small Watershed Nutrient Forecasting Tool. USDA Agricultural Research Service.

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    Categories

    Keywords

    SWIFTSmall Watershed Nutrient Forecasting ToolNP211NP212NP215data.govARS

    Licence

    U.S. Public Domain

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