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Soil - Plant - Atmosphere - Water Field & Pond Hydrology

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

SPAW is a daily hydrologic budget model for agricultural fields and ponds (wetlands, lagoons, ponds and reservoirs). Included are irrigation scheduling and soil nitrogen. Data input and results are graphical screens. The SPAW (Soil-Plant-Air-Water) computer model simulates the daily hydrologic water budgets of agricultural landscapes by two connected routines, one for farm fields and a second for impoundments such as wetland ponds, lagoons or reservoirs. Climate, soil and vegetation data files for field and pond projects are selected from those prepared and stored with a system of interactive screens. Various combinations of the data files readily represent multiple landscape and ponding variations. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Soil Water Characteristics - Equations. File Name: Soil Water Characteristics-Equations.xlsResource Title: Instructions for Access to USDA / NRCS Soils Data. File Name: Accessing USDA Soils Data.pdfResource Title: Evaporation default files for USA. File Name: SPAW Evaporation Default Files.zipResource Description: These *.djvu files require a free reader plug-in available from : http://www.djvuzone.org/download.html.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529226
Data Last Modified 2024-02-09
Public Access Level public
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License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
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