Improving frost-simulation subroutines of the water erosion prediction project (WEPP) model

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1399-1411

  Dun, S ^a   Wu, J Q ^a   McCool, D K ^b   Frankenberger, J R ^c   Flanagan, D C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost; Hydrologic modeling; Runoff; Soil erosion; WEPP; Winter hydrology

Indexed keywords

FROST; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; SOIL EROSION; WEPP; WINTER HYDROLOGY;

EROSION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; SOILS; SUBROUTINES; THAWING; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COLD REGION; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOFTWARE; SOIL PROFILE; WATER EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149384452     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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