A rangeland hydrology and erosion model

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 901-908

  Nearing, M A ^a   Wei, H ^b   Stone, J J ^a   Pierson, F B ^c   Spaeth, K E ^d   Weltz, M A ^e   Flanagan, D C ^f   Hernandez, M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS Central National Technology Support Center   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erodibility; Erosion control; Grazing; Green Ampt; Hydrologic modeling; Infiltration; Kinematic wave; Model validation; Parameter estimation; Runoff; Semi arid; Soil conservation; USDA; USLE; WEPP

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; GRAZING; GREEN-AMPT; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; KINEMATIC WAVE; MODEL VALIDATION; SEMI ARID; USDA; USLE; WEPP;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; HETEROGENEITY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KINEMATICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODEL VALIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; VOLUME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959808759     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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