Geo-MHYDAS: A landscape discretization tool for distributed hydrological modeling of cultivated areas

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1021-1032

  Lagacherie, P ^a   Rabotin, M ^a   Colin, F ^a   Moussa, R ^a   Voltz, M ^a  

^a UMR LISAH   (France)

Author keywords

Cultivated catchment; Discretization; GIS; Hydrology; Landscape; Topology

Indexed keywords

DISCRETIZATION; DISCRETIZATIONS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL OBJECTS; GIS; HYDROGRAMS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MASS FLOW; OPEN SOURCES; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; WATER FLOWS;

CATCHMENTS; CLEANING; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; RUNOFF; TOPOLOGY; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CATCHMENT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE; SOFTWARE; TOPOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 77955090053     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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