Guidelines for riparian vegetative shade restoration based upon a theoretical shaded-stream model

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1373-1387

  DeWalle, David R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Extraterrestrial solar radiation; Modeling; Radiation view factors; Restoration; Riparian ecology; Stream azimuth; Stream temperature; Vegetation overhang angles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; FUEL TANKS; RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SUN;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOLAR RADIATION; MODELING; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY; STREAM AZIMUTH; STREAM TEMPERATURE;

VEGETATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; GUIDELINE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHADING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM;

EID: 57449090884     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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