Extending WEPP technology to predict fine sediment and phosphorus delivery from forested hillslopes

William J. Elliot; Erin Brooks; Drea Em Traeumer; Mariana Dobre

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Extending WEPP technology to predict fine sediment and phosphorus delivery from forested hillslopes

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William J. Elliot, Erin Brooks, Drea Em Traeumer, Mariana Dobre

Year:

2015

Type:

Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference); April 19-23, 2015; Reno, NV. WICP/ACWI. Online: http://acwi.gov/sos/pubs/index.html.

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Abstract

In many watersheds, including the Great Lakes and Lake Tahoe Basins, two basins where the land cover is dominated by forests, the pollutants of concern are fine sediments and phosphorus. Forest runoff is generally low in nitrogen, and coarse sediment does not adversely impact the quality of lake waters. Predictive tools are needed to estimate not simply sediment, but fine sediment (

Keywords

WEPP technology, sediment delivery, watershed, runoff

Citation

Elliot, William; Brooks, Erin; Traeumer, Drea Em; Dobre, Mariana. 2015. Extending WEPP technology to predict fine sediment and phosphorus delivery from forested hillslopes. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Federal Interagency Conference (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference); April 19-23, 2015; Reno, NV. WICP/ACWI. Online: http://acwi.gov/sos/pubs/index.html.