Forest impact on floods due to extreme rainfall and snowmelt in four Latin American environments 2: Model analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 292-304

  Bathurst, James C ^a   Birkinshaw, Steve J ^a   Cisneros, Felipe ^b   Fallas, Jorge ^c   Iroumé, Andrés ^d   Iturraspe, Rodolfo ^e   Novillo, Marcelo Gaviño ^f   Urciuolo, Adriana ^g   Alvarado, Andrés ^b   Coello, Cristian ^b   Huber, Anton ^d   Miranda, Miriam ^c   Ramirez, Marco ^b   Sarandón, Ramiro ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^g Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable y Ambiente   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Floods; Forest; Hydrological model; Land use change; Latin America; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; LAND USE CHANGE; LATIN AMERICA; SNOWMELT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LAND USE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; TIME SERIES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SNOWMELT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; TIME SERIES;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 79952817121     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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