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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request (i.e., data used to construct Table 1).
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the reviewers from both the NRCS and ASCE for their very helpful and insightful comments.
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Received: Jun 17, 2019
Accepted: Sep 16, 2019
Published online: Jan 28, 2020
Published in print: Apr 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Jun 28, 2020
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