Identification and model based assessment of the potential water retention caused by land-use changes

The extreme summer flood in the Elbe River watershed initiated a debate on the role of forest conversion and afforestation as measures for preventive flood protection. To quantify the effect of forest conversion and afforestation on flood runoff from catchments reliable model calculations are essent...

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Main Authors: A. Wahren, K. Schwärzel, K. H. Feger, A. Münch, I. Dittrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-06-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/11/49/2007/adgeo-11-49-2007.pdf