Application of GeoWEPP for determining sediment yield and runoff in the Orcan Creek watershed in Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1222-1236

  Yüksel, Alaaddin ^a   Akay, Abdullah E ^a   Gundogan, Recep ^a   Reis, Mahmut ^a   Cetiner, Muzaffer ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GeoWEPP; GIS; Kahramanmaras; Runoff; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

GEO-SPATIAL; GEOWEPP; INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; INFORMATION INTEGRATED; KAHRAMANMARAS; MODEL PREDICTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEDIMENT YIELDS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 40849145947     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8021222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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