| Title |
Modelling erosion, sediment transport and sediment yield |
| Series |
Technical Documents in Hydrology |
| Serial Number |
N?60 |
| Project |
IHP-V Projects 2.1 and 6.2 |
| Authors |
W. Summer and D. E. Walling (Eds.) |
| Publication Date |
2002 |
| Volume |
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| Abstract |
In July 1998, the International Commission on Continental Erosion of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences organized a symposium at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with the theme 揗odelling Soil Erosion, Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes? The symposium was co-sponsored by UNESCO, as a contribution to IHP-V and more particularly to IHP-V Project 2.1 dealing with 揤egetation, Land-Water Use and Erosion Processes?and Project 6.2 concerned with 揕and Use,Deforestation,Erosion and Sedimentation in the Humid Tropics? The proceedings were published by IAHS Press (Modelling Soil Erosion,Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes ,Proceedings of the Vienna Symposium, July 13-17,1998, eds. W.Summer, E.Klaghofer and W.Zhang, IAHS Publication no.249, 1998) and the 50 papers were contributed by authors from many different regions of the world.
The formal and informal discussion sessions at the meeting emphasized the diversity of the approach to modelling erosion and sediment yield and the need for closer integration of field monitoring and modelling activities, but nevertheless provided clear evidence of many significant advances and achievements within the general area. The discussions also highlighted the central role that modelling must play in dealing with the many environmental problems associated with erosion and sediment transport and in the development of effective catchment management and sediment control strategies.
To build on the success of the symposium and to contribute further to IHP-V Projects 2.1 and 6.2, it was agreed to assemble a collection of papers dealing with recent work on the field of modelling erosion, sediment transport and sediment yield, that could be published in the UNESCO/IHP Technical Documents in Hydrology series, in order to demonstrate the state-of-the-art in this important area. Many of the papers built on contributions to the symposium, but others were solicited to extend the scope of the collection.
(264 pp., figs., tables) |
| Availability |
Out of Print |
| Languages |
English |
| ISBN or Document Code |
SC-2002/WS/48 |
| Price |
Free of Charge |
| Keywords |
erosion modelling, sediment transport modelling, sediment yield modelling, suspended sediment structure, soil erosion by water prediction technology, SHETRAN concept, land use optimization, physically-based overland flow modelling, suspended sediment structure |
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