Topographic controls on overland flow generation in a forest - An ensemble tree approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Loos, Martin ^a   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Digital Elevation Model; Overland flow; Random Forest; Spatial scale; Topography; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; OVERLAND FLOW; RANDOM FORESTS; SPATIAL SCALE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION TREES; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUNOFF; SURVEYING; TROPICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HUMID TROPICS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORESTRY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PANAMA; RUNOFF; SURVEYING; TROPICS;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 80054057033     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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