The impact of parameter lumping and geometric simplification in modelling runoff and erosion in the shrublands of southeast Arizona

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-35

  Canfield, H Evan ^a,b   Goodrich, David C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Pima County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geographic information systems; Hydrologic modelling; Scale; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

GEOMETRIC SIMPLIFICATION; HYDROLOGIC MODELLING; SEMIARID; SEMIARID RANGELAND WATERSHED; SHRUBLANDS;

HYDROLOGY;

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31944436440     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5896     Document Type: Article

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