Influence of changes in developed land and precipitation on hydrology of a coastal Texas watershed

Applied Geography

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-167

  Castillo, Cesar R ^a   Güneralp, Inci ^a   Güneralp, Burak ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Freshwater inflows; Geomorphology; Land change; NERR; Sediment loads

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892662920     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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