Hydrology and sediment modeling using BASINS/HSPF in a tropical island watershed

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1555-1565

  Diaz Ramirez, Jairo N ^a   Perez Alegria, Luis R ^b   McAnally, William H ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

BASINS; HSPF; Hydrology and sediment modeling; Parameter sensitivity; Tropical island watershed

Indexed keywords

BASINS; CALIBRATED MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HSPF; HSPF MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATION PROGRAM - FORTRANS; MODEL EVALUATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY; POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCES; PUERTO RICO; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; RECESSION RATES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING; SOIL EROSIONS; SOIL LOSSES; SOIL SLOPES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TROPICAL ISLAND WATERSHED; TROPICAL ISLANDS;

EARTH SCIENCES; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; STREAMFLOW; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAONILLAS RIVER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 55249108494     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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