Application of an optimization technique to a physically based erosion model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 989-1003

  Santos, Celso A G ^a   Srinivasan, Vajapeyam S ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optimization of parameters; Runoff erosion simulation; WESP model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; OPTIMIZATION; WATERSHEDS;

SEMI-ARID REGIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD;

EROSION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0038710768     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1176     Document Type: Article

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