Biological and Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications

VSAs & Curve Number Eqn.                                   (* indicate undergraduate co-authors)

Easton, Z.M., D.R. Fuka, M.T. Walter, D.M. Cowan, E.M. Schneiderman, T.S. Steenhuis. 2008. Re-conceptualizing the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to predict saturation excess runoff from variable source areas. Journal of Hydrology 348(3-4): 279-291. pdf

Lyon, S.W., P. Gérard-Marcant, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis. 2004. Using a topographic index to distribute variable source area runoff predicted with the SCS-Curve Number equation. Hydrological Processes 18(15): 2757-2771. pdf

Lyon, S.W., M. McHale, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis. 2006. Effect of runoff generation mechanism on estimating land use control of P concentrations. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42(3) 793-804.pdf

McCool, D.K. M.T. Walter, L.G. King. 1995. Runoff index values for frozen soil areas in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 50(5): 466-469.

Shaw, S.B. and M.T. Walter. 2008. Estimating storm runoff risk using bivariate frequency analyses of rainfall and antecedent watershed wetness. Water Resources Research. (accepted).

Schneiderman, E.M., T.S. Steenhuis, D.J. Thongs, Z.M. Easton, M.S. Zion, A.L. Neal*, G.F. Mendoza, M.T. Walter. 2007. Incorporating variable source area hydrology into Curve Number based watershed loading functions. Hydrological Processes 21(25): 3420-3430. pdf

Steenhuis TS, Winchell M, Rossing J, Zollweg JA, Walter MF. 1995. SCS runoff equation revisited for variable-source runoff areas. American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 121: 234–238.  pdf

Walter, M.T. and S.B. Shaw. 2005. Discussion: “Curve number hydrology in water quality modeling: Uses, abuses, and future directions” by Garen and Moore. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 41(6): 1491-1492. pdf  response

Walter, M.T., J.A. Archibald, B. Buchanan, H. Dahlke, Z.M. Easton, R.D. Marjerison, A.N. Sharma, S.B. Shaw. 2008. A new paradigm for sizing riparian buffers to reduce risks of polluted storm water: A practical synthesis. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (in press).