Relationships between dynamic response characteristics and physical descriptors of catchments in England and Wales

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Sefton, C E M ^a   Howarth, S M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow simulation; Rainfall runoff; Regionalisation; Sensitivity analysis; Unit hydrograph

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW SIMULATION; PHYSICAL CATCHMENT DESCRIPTORS; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032215640     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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