Sentence examples for a catchment level from inspiring English sources

This paper investigates the strategic role of SuDS retrofit in managing environmental risks to urban infrastructure at a catchment level, through an economic appraisal of all benefits (i.e. flood reduction and wider benefits).

The overall analysis reveals that SMOS soil moisture is of reasonable quality in estimating Soil Moisture Deficit at a catchment level with a local adjustment algorithm combining growing and non-growing seasons.

The first step is to develop understanding of the hydrological dynamics at a catchment level.

The plots were then averaged for a catchment-level estimate of Engelmann spruce biomass (C t/ha), which was then calibrated to PAR using a transfer function (Seppä et al. 2009).

In this paper, the use of γ-ray spectrometry data (i.e. potassium K, uranium U, thorium Th and total count TC), coupled with a numerical clustering algorithm (i.e. fuzzy k-means (FKM) algorithm) is explored in order to identify geological and geomorphological units at the district and soil mapping units at a broader catchment level.

Farm dams that are not managed properly at the individual level can create water storage equity and safety threats to downstream communities and the environment that aggregate at the catchment level: a potential 'dual-extreme cumulative' problem.

There is a need for governance at all scales global, regional, national, local as well as the catchment level and a need for linkages between these scales.

However, a simple scaling exercise suggested that at the catchment level, hedgerow NO3− removal has a smaller effect (ca 1 10% reduction of annual flux), due to the large legacy of NO3− in the aquifer from past fertilizer application.

Our main objective was to quantify the spatial and temporal variations of LE at the catchment level and at a yearly basis.

As Pont et al. (2009) conclude, "a comprehensive view of the situation at the catchment level will promote necessary solidarity between all partners to reach a common agreement and to approve a sediment management plan".

Soil moisture is known to be a useful indicator of catchment response, however, establishing a meaningful estimation of soil moisture at the catchment level can be difficult due to its high variability in space and time.