Applying a coupled hydrologic-economic modeling framework: Evaluating conjunctive use strategies for alleviating seasonal watershed impacts caused by agricultural intensification

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dc.contributor.authorAmaya, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorDuchin, Fayeen
dc.contributor.authorHester, Erichen
dc.contributor.authorLittle, John C.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T13:41:19Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-14T13:41:19Zen
dc.date.issued2022-08-22en
dc.description.abstractEconomic models and watershed models provide useful results, but when seeking to integrate these systems, the temporal units typically utilized by these models must be reconciled. A hydrologic-economic modeling framework is built to couple the Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF), representing the watershed system, with the Rectangular Choice-of-Technology (RCOT) model, an extension of the basic input-output (I-O) model. This framework is implemented at different sub-annual timesteps to gain insight in selecting temporal units best suited for addressing questions of interest to both economists and hydrologists. Scenarios are designed to examine seasonal increases in nitrogen concentration that occur because of agricultural intensification in Cedar Run Watershed, located in Fauquier County, northern Virginia. These scenarios also evaluate the selection among surface water, groundwater, or a mix of (conjunctive use) practices for irrigation within the crop farming sector in response to these seasonal impacts. When agricultural intensification occurs in Cedar Run Watershed, implementing conjunctive use in irrigation reduces the seasonal increases in nitrogen concentration to specified limits. The most efficient of the conjunctive use strategies explicitly considered varies depending on which timestep is utilized in the scenario: a bi-annual timestep (wet and dry season) vs. a seasonal timestep. This modeling framework captures the interactions between watershed and economic systems at a temporal resolution that expands the range of questions one can address beyond those that can be analyzed using the individual models linked in this framework.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.913501en
dc.identifier.eissn2624-9375en
dc.identifier.other913501en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/112166en
dc.identifier.volume4en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiersen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectmodelingen
dc.subjectframeworken
dc.subjecteconomicen
dc.subjecthydrologicen
dc.subjectwatersheden
dc.subjecttemporalen
dc.titleApplying a coupled hydrologic-economic modeling framework: Evaluating conjunctive use strategies for alleviating seasonal watershed impacts caused by agricultural intensificationen
dc.title.serialFrontiers in Wateren
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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