Predicting ephemeral gully location and length using topographic index models

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1427-1440

  Daggupati, P ^a   Douglas Mankin, K R ^b   Sheshukov, A Y ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 129 Seaton Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gully; Modeling; Sediment; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; COMPOUND TOPOGRAPHIC INDICES; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EPHEMERAL GULLIES; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MASKS; MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

FORECASTING;

CALIBRATION; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GULLY; INCISED VALLEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERLAND FLOW; PREDICTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84885448441     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10087     Document Type: Article

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