On the description of the basin effective drainage structure

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-135

  Roth, Giorgio ^a   La Barbera, Paolo ^a   Greco, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEMS); DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE STRUCTURE; SLOPE SCALING;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

DEM; DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE STRUCTURE; RIVER NETWORK;

EID: 0030300855     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03090-9     Document Type: Article

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