Estimates of evapotranspiration or effective moisture in Rocky Mountain watersheds from chloride ion concentrations in stream baseflow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-372

  Claassen, Hans C ^a,b   Halm, Douglas R ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cedar Bench Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; TRACER;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; STORAGE; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

EFFECTIVE MOISTURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATERSHED STUDY; WET DEPOSITION;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029663891     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03111     Document Type: Article

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