Estimation of sediment yield and areas of soil erosion and deposition for watershed prioritization using GIS and remote sensing

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2091-2112

  Jain, Manoj Kumar ^a   Das, Debjyoti ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b Purulia Polytechnic   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; NDVI; Remote sensing; Sediment yield; Soil erosion; Transport capacity; Transport limited accumulation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; FLOW ACCUMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRID CELLS; LAND VEGETATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OVERLAND FLOW; PIXEL VALUES; PRIORITIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT OUTFLOW; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SUB-CATCHMENT; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED AREAS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HYDROLOGY; NDVI; OVERLAND FLOW; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

DAMODAR VALLEY; INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 77955053068     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9540-0     Document Type: Article

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