Predicting runoff and sediment yield from a stiff-stemmed grass hedge system for a small watershed

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Rachman, Archmad ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^b   Alberts, E Eugen ^b   Thompson, Allen L ^b,c   Gantzer, Clark J ^b  

^a Center for Soil and Agroclimate Research Bogor   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Department of Biological Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Bench terracing; Effective hydraulic conductivity; Sediment trapping; Switchgrass hedges; WEPP model

Indexed keywords

GRASS HEDGES; SEDIMENT TRAPPING (TE);

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

GRASS; HEDGEROW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; TERRACING; WATERSHED;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 44449125202     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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