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Doten et al. 2006
Doten, C.O., Bowling, L.C., Lanini, J.S., Maurer, E.P. and Lettenmaier, D.P. (2006). A spatially distributed model for the dynamic prediction of sediment erosion and transport in mountainous forested watersheds. Water Resources Research 42: doi: 10.1029/2004WR003829. issn: 0043-1397.

Erosion and sediment transport in a temperate forested watershed are predicted with a new sediment model that represents the main sources of sediment generation in forested environments (mass wasting, hillslope erosion, and road surface erosion) within the distributed hydrology-soil-vegetation model (DHSVM) environment. The model produces slope failures on the basis of a factor-of-safety analysis with the infinite slope model through use of stochastically generated soil and vegetation parameters. Failed material is routed downslope with a rule-based scheme that determines sediment delivery to streams. Sediment from hillslopes and road surfaces is also transported to the channel network. A simple channel routing scheme is implemented to predict basin sediment yield. We demonstrate through an initial application of this model to the Rainy Creek catchment, a tributary of the Wenatchee River, which drains the east slopes of the Cascade Mountains, that the model produces plausible sediment yield and ratios of landsliding and surface erosion when compared to published rates for similar catchments in the Pacific Northwest. A road removal scenario and a basin-wide fire scenario are both evaluated with the model.

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Keywords
Hydrology, Erosion, Hydrology, Stochastic hydrology, Hydrology, Streamflow
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Water Resources Research
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