Simulating Watershed Outlet Sediment Concentration using the ANSWERS Model by applying Two Sediment Transport Capacity Equations

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-626

  Ahmadi, Seyed Hamid ^a,b   Amin, Seifollah ^b   Reza Keshavarzi, Ali ^b   Mirzamostafa, Naser ^b  

^a Agricultural Engineering Research Institute   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AREAL NON POINT SOURCE WATERSHED ENVIRONMENT RESPONSE SIMULATION (ANSWERS); RUNOFF FLOW SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPACITY EQUATION; WATERSHED OUTLET SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION;

EROSION;

EID: 33746636414     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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