A digital elevation analysis: A spatially distributed flow apportioning algorithm

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1777-1794

  Kim, Sanghyun ^a   Lee, Haksu ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CIT; DEM; Flow determination algorithm; Hillslope hydrological response; Hydrological model; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DIGITAL ELEVATION ANALYSIS; FLOW DIRECTION ALGORITHMS;

HYDROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CHANNEL FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3242681770     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1446     Document Type: Article

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