Evaluation of sediment transport formulae and detachment parameters in eroding rills using PSEM_2D and the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) database

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Nord, Guillaume ^a,b,d   Esteves, Michel ^a,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EROSION; FRICTION; SOILS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DETACHMENT PARAMETERS; DETACHMENT TRANSPORT COUPLING MODEL; WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECT; WATER FLOW;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EROSION; FRICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; COHESIVE SOIL; DATABASE; DISCHARGE; FRICTION; INFILTRATION; RILL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER EROSION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 34848834172     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005444     Document Type: Article

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