Representative Hillslope Methods for Applying the WEPP Model with DEMs and GIS

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1041-1049

  Cochrane, T A ^a,b   Flanagan, D C ^c,d  

^a AGTECA SA   (Bolivia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Natl Soil Erosion Res L   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Geographic information systems; Soil erosion modeling; Topographic analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS;

WATERSHEDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HILLSLOPE; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

EID: 0242350335     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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