Factors affecting estimates of average watershed slope

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Hill, A Jason ^a   Neary, Vincent S ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood hydrology; Geographic information systems; Response time; Slopes; Terrain models; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); GRID RESOLUTION; GRID SIZE; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR);

WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD FORECASTING; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SLOPE ANGLE; WATERSHED;

EID: 14844318019     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2005)10:2(133)     Document Type: Article

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