Watershed-scale evaluation of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model in the Lake Tahoe basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 389-402

  Brooks, Erin S ^a   Dobre, Mariana ^a   Elliot, William J ^b   Wu, Joan Q ^c   Boll, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Tahoe basin; Sediment; Soil erosion; Ungauged basins; WEPP

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; EROSION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; LAKES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE TAHOE BASIN; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL EROSION; UNGAUGED BASINS; WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECT MODELS; WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECTS; WEPP;

SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GAUGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL EROSION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

LAKE TAHOE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951818357     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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