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Subhadra Jha: Modelling stream bank erosion at catchment scale
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Rodger Grayson, Monash University
- Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd, The University of
Melbourne
CRCCH project links
Personal background
- B.Sc. Ag (Hons) Soil Conservation, Punjab Agricultural
University, India, 1978
- M.S. Forest Hydrology, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia, USA, 1990
- Soil Conservation Officer, Department of Soil Conservation
and Watershed Management, Government of Nepal (HMG/N), Kathmandu
- National Co-Director, Bagmati Integrated Watershed Management
Project, joint undertaking (EU- HMG/N), Kathmandu, Nepal.
- CRC for Catchment Hydrology PhD, The University of Melbourne,
Victoria
Anticipated research outcomes/products
- Development of a generic bank erosion model
- Optimisation of the use of widely available datasets in
developing the model
- Prediction of channel size (bank height) of stream networks.
"Riverbanks can be a dominant source of anthropogenic sediment in drainage basins. Several attempts have been made to predict rates of bank retreat from channel, catchment, and flow characteristics. Many of these are meander models that are not appropriate for whole of catchment analyses. The SedNet model is, however, a general model of catchment scale erosion, including a streambank component and was used to provide continental estimates of erosion as part of the Australian National Land and Water Resources Audit. Several limitations have been recognised in the streambank erosion component of SedNet. My main aim is to develop a more accurate model for predicting sediment yield from bank erosion at the catchment scale."
Contact
subhadra@civenv.unimelb.edu.au |
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