Hydrograph separations in an Arctic watershed using mixing model and graphical techniques

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1707-1719

  McNamara, James P ^a   Kane, Douglas L ^a   Hinzman, Larry D ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; MODELLING; STORMS; WATERSHED;

MIXING MODEL; SNOWMELT; STORM HYDROGRAPH; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; KUPARUK BASIN; USA;

EID: 0030787074     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01033     Document Type: Article

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