Riparian ecosystem management model: Hydrology performance and sensitivity in the North Carolina Middle Coastal Plain

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1567-1579

  Dukes, M D ^a   Evans, R O ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

GLEAMS; Hydrology; REMM; Riparian buffer; Riparian ecosystem management model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

GRASS VEGETATION; RIPARIAN BUFFER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN ZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RIPARIA;

EID: 1542648935     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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