Evaluation of a surface hydrological connectivity index in agricultural catchments

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-15

  Shore, M ^a,b   Murphy, P N C ^a   Jordan, P ^c   Mellander, P E ^a   Kelly Quinn, M ^b   Cushen, M ^a   Mechan, S ^a   Shine, O ^a   Melland, A R ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical source areas; CSA; DEM; Drainage ditches; Network Index; NI; Surface connectivity; TWI

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; CSA; DEM; DRAINAGE DITCHES; NETWORK INDICES; TWI;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; NICKEL;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84878856479     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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