Estimating the impact of rural land management changes on catchment runoff generation in England and Wales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1357-1368

  Hess, T M ^a   Holman, I P ^a   Rose, S C ^b   Rosolova, Z ^b   Parrott, A ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curve number; England and Wales; Flood risk management; Land management; Modelling; Soil condition

Indexed keywords

CURVE NUMBERS; ENGLAND; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SOIL CONDITIONS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; LAND USE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SOILS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77953654148     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7598     Document Type: Article

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