A watershed classification system using hierarchical artificial neural networks for diagnosing watershed impairment at multiple scales

Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2638-2647

  Doris, Jeffrey J ^a   Underwood, Kristen L ^b   Rizzo, Donna M ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b South Mountain Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSES; WATERSHED CLASSIFICATION; WATERSHED IMPAIRMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT TOOLS;

CHANNEL FLOW; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RESTORATION; STRESSES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATERSHEDS;

EID: 23844445214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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