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Title: THE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT ELEMENT FOR WEPP

Author
item LINDLEY, M - OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
item BARHELD, B - OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV
item Ascough Ii, James
item WILSON, B - UNIV OF MINNESOTA
item STEVENS, E - OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV

Submitted to: Transactions of the ASAE
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/15/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The sedimentation algorithms included in the Water Erosion prediction Project Surface Impoundment Element (WEPPSIE) are described and verified in this article. The algorithms are based on the overflow rate concept. WEPPSIE trapping efficiency results agreed with predictions made using a previously validated continuous stirred reactors model. WEPPSIE also performed adequately with 11 field data sets. The average trapping efficiency prediction error was 5.5% with a maximum error of 13%.

Technical Abstract: The sedimentation algorithms included in the Water Erosion prediction Project Surface Impoundment Element (WEPPSIE) are described and verified in this article. The algorithms are based on the overflow rate concept. WEPPSIE trapping efficiency results agreed with predictions made using a previously validated continuous stirred reactors model. WEPPSIE also performed adequately with 11 field data sets. The average trapping efficiency prediction error was 5.5% with a maximum error of 13%.