A watershed scale numerical model of the impact of land use change on bed material transport in suburban Maryland, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Lewicki, Mikolaj ^a   Pizzuto, James E ^b   Moglen, Glenn E ^c   Allmendinger, Nicholas E ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Otak Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAND USE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

WATERSHEDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAND USE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36649019150     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004959     Document Type: Article

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