A spatially distributed model for the dynamic prediction of sediment erosion and transport in mountainous forested watersheds

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Doten, Colleen O ^a   Bowling, Laura C ^b   Lanini, Jordan S ^a   Maurer, Edwin P ^c   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY-SOIL-VEGETATION MODEL (DHSVM); MOUNTAINOUS FORESTED WATERSHEDS; SLOPE FAILURES; VEGETATION PARAMETERS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATERSHED;

EROSION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; SEDIMENTS;

CASCADE RANGE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RAINY CREEK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WENATCHEE RIVER;

EID: 33744937565     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003829     Document Type: Article

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