On the definition of the flow width for calculating specific catchment area patterns from gridded elevation data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2539-2556

  Chirico, Giovanni Battista ^a   Western, Andrew W ^b   Grayson, Rodger B ^b   Blöschl, Günter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital terrain analysis; Distributed modelling; Flow direction algorithms; Flow width; Specific catchment area

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; FLOW DIRECTION ALGORITHMS; FLOW WIDTH; SPECIFIC CATCHMENT AREA;

ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

CATCHMENTS;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLOW MODELING;

EID: 24644519404     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5730     Document Type: Article

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