A GIS-based approach to watershed classification for Nebraska reservoirs

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-621

  Bulley, Henry N N ^a   Merchant, James W ^b   Marx, David B ^c   Holz, John C ^b   Holz, Aris A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree modeling; Geographic information systems; Lake classification; Reservoirs; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLASSIFICATION TREE MODELING; LAKE CLASSIFICATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER QUALITY;

CLASSIFICATION; GIS; LAKE WATER; RESERVOIR; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347372047     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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