Hydrologic response of a steep, unchanneled valley to natural and applied rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-109

  Montgomery, David R ^a   Dietrich, William E ^b   Torres, Raymond ^b   Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud ^b,c   Heffner, John T ^d   Loague, Keith ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IRRIGATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

NEAR SURFACE FLOW; PORE PRESSURE; RAINFALL/RUNOFF; RUNOFF; SIMULATED RAINFALL; VADOSE ZONE STORAGE;

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS; WEIRS;

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CRITICAL INTENSITY; HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; OREGON COAST RANGES; PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT; PRECIPITATION RATES;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0030621222     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02985     Document Type: Article

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