Surface runoff scale effects in West African watersheds: Modeling and management options

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-130

  Van De Giesen, Nick ^a,c   Stomph, Tjeerd Jan ^b   De Ridder, Nico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Erosion management; Scale effects; Surface runoff; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INTERCEPTOR DRAINS; ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT; SCALE EFFECTS; SURFACE RUNOFF;

WATERSHEDS;

HILLSLOPE; MODELING; RUNOFF; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER EROSION;

HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; ROUGHNESS; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; WATER SHEDS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12344293758     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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