@inproceedings{9c75fcb1417941f2bec63a2573dcb824,
title = "From research to management: A suite of GIS-based watershed modeling, assessment and planning tools",
abstract = "The Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) tool is a GIS-based hydrologic modeling tool developed jointly by the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and University of Arizona. It was initially designed as a research tool for assessing the hydrologic impacts associated with landscape change at multiple scales, a context in which process-based models are a necessity. As potential management applications of the tool became more readily apparent and partners with specific management objectives were identified, AGWA was transformed into a highly versatile tool for environmental management and planning. A thoughtful software design facilitates linkages between different model and data types, thus promoting collaborative, interdisciplinary development. Both the development of AGWA and the tool itself are illustrative of the process of combining basic research with stakeholder-driven model and software development to build an integrated suite of management and planning tools. The United States Environmental Protection Agency through its Office of Research and Development partially funded and collaborated in the research described here under assistance agreement DW12939409 to USDA-ARS. It has been subjected to Agency review and approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.",
keywords = "GIS, Landscape change, Process models, Surface water, Watershed",
author = "Semmens, \{D. J.\} and Kepner, \{W. G.\} and Goodrich, \{D. C.\} and Guertin, \{D. P.\} and M. Hernandez and Miller, \{S. N.\}",
year = "2006",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "1424308526",
series = "Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,{"} Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software{"}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software",
note = "3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006 ; Conference date: 09-07-2006 Through 13-07-2006",
}