Sediment modelling with fine temporal and spatial resolution for a hilly catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3645-3660

  Elliott, A H ^a   Oehler, F ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Ekanayake, J C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Catchment model; Climate change; Erosion; Land use change; SHETRAN

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT MODELS; CATCHMENT SCALE; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; COMPUTER CLUSTERS; EXTREME RAINFALL; LAND-USE CHANGE; NEW ZEALAND; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OUTLET FLOWS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; RAINFALL EVENT; RECALIBRATIONS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT LOADS; SHETRAN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STREAM ROUTING; SUB-CATCHMENT; SUBCATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84869861256     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8445     Document Type: Article

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