Improved indexes for targeting placement of buffers of Hortonian runoff

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 362-372

  Dosskey, M G ^a   Qiu, Z ^b   Helmers, M J ^c   Eisenhauer, D E ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Nonpoint pollution; Precision conservation; Surface runoff; Terrain analysis; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER; TERRAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

HORTONIA;

EID: 84861066453     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.6.362     Document Type: Article

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