Effect of land cover change on runoff curve number estimation in Iowa, 1832-2001

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-321

  Wehmeyer, Loren L ^a   Weirich, Frank H ^b   Cuffney, Thomas F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Land surveys; Land usage; Surface drainage

Indexed keywords

DATA RESOURCES; DATA SETS; FOREST AREA; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; INITIAL SETTLEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND SURVEYS; LAND USAGE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; PUBLIC DOMAINS; RUNOFF CURVE NUMBERS; SURFACE DRAINAGE; URBANIZED AREA; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; US GOVERNMENT; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DEFORESTATION; PUBLISHING; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; THUNDERSTORMS;

LANDFORMS;

DEFORESTATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRAIRIE; RAINSTORM; RUNOFF; SURVEY; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

DEFORESTATION; DRAINAGE; LAND USE; PUBLISHING; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953064496     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.162     Document Type: Article

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