Modeled riparian stream shading: Agreement with field measurements and sensitivity to riparian conditions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 428-429, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-151

  Li, Guoyuan ^a,b   Jackson, C Rhett ^a   Kraseski, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Stetson Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Riparian shading; Shade measurement; Stream temperature; Water quality modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CANOPY HEIGHTS; COMPLEX SHAPES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN MODELING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LIGHT RESOURCES; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; RIPARIAN CANOPY; RIPARIAN SHADING; RIPARIAN TREES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; STREAMBANKS; WATER QUALITY MODELING; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

FORESTRY; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHADING; SHAPE; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84862812844     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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