Application of WetSpa model for assessing land use impacts on floods in the Margecany-Hornad watershed, Slovakia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Bahremand, A ^a   De Smedt, F ^a   Corluy, J ^a   Liu, Yong B ^a   Poórová, Jana ^b   Velcická, Lucia ^b   Kunikova, Emilia ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Flood prediction; Hydrological modelling; Land use impacts; WetSpa model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFORESTATION; WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LAND USE IMPACTS; WETSPA MODEL;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFORESTATION; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; REFORESTATION; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SLOVAKIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; RAIN; RIVERS; SLOVAKIA; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33745668189     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.295     Document Type: Article

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