Enhancing a rainfall-runoff model to assess the impacts of BMPs and LID practices on storm runoff

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-23

  Liu, Yaoze ^a   Ahiablame, Laurent M ^a,b   Bralts, Vincent F ^a   Engel, Bernard A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Low impact development practices; Modeling; Runoff; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SIMULATION; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84907452358     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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