Modeling the spatial variability of subsurface runoff using a topographic index

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1061-1073

  Woods, Ross A ^a,b   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a   Robinson, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELLING; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHY;

RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SUBSURFACE STORMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0030619044     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00232     Document Type: Article

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