Modelling sediment and total phosphorus export from a lowland catchment: Comparing sediment routing methods

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 280-294

  Lu, Shenglan ^a   Kronvang, Brian ^a   Audet, Joachim ^a   Trolle, Dennis ^a   Andersen, Hans Estrup ^a   Thodsen, Hans ^a   van Griensven, Ann ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bagnold; Bank erosion; Lowland rivers; Phosphate; Sediment transport; Suspended sediment; SWAT; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

BAGNOLD; BANK EROSION; LOWLAND RIVERS; SWAT; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84920938845     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10149     Document Type: Article

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