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Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool

Provided by the NOAA Coastal Services Center

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• Requirements
• In Action
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General

• N-SPECT Community E-mail List
  Exchange ideas, ask questions, and build the user network. For general user questions please refer first to the User's Manual below.
• Introduction to N-SPECT
• User's Manual
• Tutorial
• Advanced Applications
  This document follows the tutorial and provides users with step-by-step instructions for analyses at regional, watershed, and subwatershed scales.

Technical

• N-SPECT Technical Overview (poster)
• Technical Guide
  Explains the underlying science and mathematical equations that drive the tool's processing and functionality.
• Software and Model Specifications
• Guidance for Preprocessing SSURGO (Soil) Data
• Guidance for Preprocessing PRISM (Precipitation) Data
• Known Issues
  Provides solutions to known issues related to the installation and use of N‑SPECT.

Recommended Citation

Eslinger, David L., H. Jamieson Carter, Ed Dempsey, Margaret VanderWilt, Beverly Wilson, and Andrew Meredith. 2005. "The Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool." NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC.  Accessed [Month Year] at http://csc.noaa.gov/nspect/.