Simulated impact of past and possible future land use changes on the hydrological response of the Northern German lowland 'Hunte' catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 383, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 245-255

  Elfert, Simon ^a   Bormann, Helge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological modelling; Land use change; Land use scenarios; Runoff generation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LAND-USE CHANGE; LAND-USE SCENARIO; RUNOFF GENERATION; WATER BALANCE;

CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER BUDGET;

GERMANY; HUNTE RIVER; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 77449088198     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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