# This CITATION.cff file is for the SWAT+ Github repository

cff-version: 1.2.0
title: Soil and Water Assessment Tool Plus (SWAT+)
message: >-
  Please cite SWAT+ using the metadata from
  "preferred-citation".
date-released: 2024-08-28
type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Jeffrey G.
    family-names: Arnold
    affiliation: >-
      Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA
      Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  - given-names: Natalja
    family-names: Čerkasova
    email: natalja.cerkasova@gmail.com
    affiliation: >-
      Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M
      Agrilife Research, USA; Klaipeda University, Marine
      Research Institute, Lithuania
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2894-3935'
  - given-names: Michael J.
    family-names: White
    email: mike.white2@usda.gov
    affiliation: >-
      Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA
      Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1641-0077'
  - given-names: Ryan
    family-names: Bailey
    email: ryant.bailey@colostate.edu
    affiliation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6539-1474'
  - given-names: Kelly
    family-names: Thorp
    email: kelly.thorp@usda.gov
    affiliation: >-
      Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA
      Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-875X'
  - given-names: Jaehak
    family-names: Jeong
    email: jaehak.jeong@ag.tamu.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M
      Agrilife Research, Temple, USA
  - given-names: Xuesong
    family-names: Zhang
    affiliation: USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory
    email: Xuesong.Zhang@usda.gov
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-7751'
  - given-names: Taci
    family-names: Ugraskan
    email: taci.ugraskan@usda.gov
    affiliation: USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory
  - given-names: Ann
    family-names: Griensven
    name-particle: van
    email: ann.van.griensven@vub.be
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-6287'
    affiliation: >-
      Vrije Universiteit Brussel, IHE-Delft Institute for
      Water Education
  - given-names: Hendrik
    family-names: Rathjens
    affiliation: Stone Environmental Inc.
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7152-9767'
  - given-names: Cibin
    family-names: Raj
    email: craj@psu.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Penn State University, Department of Agricultural and
      Biological Engineering
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-8504'
  - given-names: Ximing
    family-names: Cai
    email: xmcai@illinois.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
      Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-4512'
  - given-names: William F.
    family-names: Geter
    email: Frank.Geter@colostate.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
      Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  - given-names: Olaf
    family-names: David
    email: odavid@colostate.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
      Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  - given-names: Jack R.
    family-names: Carlson
    email: Jack.Carlson@colostate.edu
    affiliation: >-
      Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
      Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  - given-names: Kieu N.
    family-names: Le
    email: kle@fieldtomarket.org
    affiliation: >-
      Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable
      Agriculture
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-4796'
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.14983534
    description: Current release
repository-code: 'https://github.com/swat-model/swatplus'
url: 'https://swatplus.gitbook.io/docs'
abstract: >-
  The Soil and Water Assessment Tool Plus (SWAT+) is a public domain
  model jointly developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS),
  Texas A&M AgriLife Research(part of The Texas A&M University System),
  Colorado State University, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory,
  and other entities. SWAT+ is a small watershed to river basin-scale model used
  to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict 
  the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change.
  SWAT is widely used in assessing soil erosion prevention and control,
  non-point source pollution control and regional management in watersheds.
keywords:
  - SWAT+
  - Soil and Water Assessment Tool
  - Environmental Model
  - Watershed model
  - Hydrological Model
license: LGPL-2.1