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SWAT - Soil and Water Assessment Tool

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posted on 2023-12-18, 17:47 authored by USDA ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a public domain model jointly developed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System. SWAT is a small watershed to river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change. SWAT is widely used in assessing soil erosion prevention and control, non-point source pollution control and regional management in watersheds.


Resources in this dataset:

  • Resource Title: Website Pointer to SWAT - Soil and Water Assessment Tool .

    File Name: Web Page, url: https://swat.tamu.edu/

    Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) website, including software tools, documentation, events, publications, and developer resources.

Funding

USDA-ARS

History

Data contact name

Arnold, Jeff

Data contact email

jeff.arnold@ars.usda.gov

Publisher

USDA Agricultural Research Service; Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Intended use

Predict the effect of management decisions on water, sediment, nutrient and pesticide yields with reasonable accuracy on large, ungaged river basins.

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; soil erosion models; simulation models; water quality; Internet; pollution load; United States; prediction; cost effectiveness; hydrologic models; computer software; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; models; Agricultural Research Service; Texas; rivers; environmental impact; climate change; soil erosion; nonpoint source pollution; pollution control; water management; water resources

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; Texas A&M AgriLife Research (2018). SWAT - Soil and Water Assessment Tool. USDA Agricultural Research Service; Texas A&M AgriLife Research.