Tools & Resources
Software and research tools, peer-reviewed publications, and curated links to the organizations and models behind our work.
Software & Tools
- Software v7.0.6.1
DRAINMOD
Field-scale hydrologic model for poorly drained, high-water-table soils.
Publications
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R. W. Skaggs, B. D. Phillips, G. M. Chescheir, & C. C. Trettin (2011). Effect of Minor Drainage on Hydrology of Forested Wetlands. Transactions of the ASABE, 54(6), 2139–2149.
Long-term DRAINMOD simulations defining the threshold drainage intensities that remove wetland hydrology from forested wetlands under silvicultural minor drainage.
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R. W. Skaggs, G. M. Chescheir, & B. D. Phillips (2005). Methods to Determine Lateral Effect of a Drainage Ditch on Wetland Hydrology. Transactions of the ASAE, 48(2), 577–584.
A DRAINMOD-based method to estimate the lateral effect (distance of influence) of a single drainage ditch on adjacent wetland hydrology.
Data
- Dataset
Example: Daily Field Hydrology Observations
Daily precipitation, streamflow, water-table depth, and soil-moisture observations from an example field site — a template demonstrating the dataset format.
Related Resources
Professional organizations
- ASABE — American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ↗ Standards and research in agricultural and biological engineering.
Academic & research
- NC State — Biological & Agricultural Engineering ↗ Home of the DRAINMOD model and drainage & wetland hydrology research.
Models & tools
- DRAINMOD (NC State) ↗ Field-scale hydrology model for poorly drained soils.
- APEX (Texas A&M AgriLife) ↗ Agricultural Policy / Environmental eXtender model.
- SWAT (Texas A&M) ↗ Soil & Water Assessment Tool for watershed modeling.