Estimating catchment-scale impacts of wildfire on sediment and nutrient loads using the E2 catchment modelling framework

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 913-928

  Feikema, Paul M ^a   Sheridan, Gary J ^a,c   Argent, Robert M ^b,c   Lane, Patrick N J ^a,c   Grayson, Rodger B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Water Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; E2; Nutrient loads; Sediment loads; Water quality; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT MODELLING; E2; NUTRIENT LOADS; SEDIMENT LOADS; WILDFIRE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FIRES; FLOODS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER SYSTEM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 79953126583     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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