A GIS-based method to calculate flow accumulation by considering dams and their specific operation time

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 635-646

  Schäuble, Holger ^a   Marinoni, Oswald ^b   Hinderer, Matthias ^c  

^a TERRACS   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Flow accumulation; GIS; River basin; Sediment yield; Trap efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

FLOW ACCUMULATION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT YIELD;

DAMS;

ALGORITHMS; DAMS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARCVIEW; DAM; FLOW MODELING; GIS; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 40949151928     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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