Runoff and sediment yield modeling by means of WEPP in the Bautzen dam catchment, Germany

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2051-2063

  Al Mukhtar, Mustafa ^a,b   Dunger, Volkmar ^a   Merkel, Broder ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Bautzen catchment area; Calibration; Runoff; Sediment yield; WEPP

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CATCHMENT AREA; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECTS; WEPP;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SIMULATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

BAUTZEN RESERVOIR; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84907595920     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3113-0     Document Type: Article

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