Shallow subsurface storm flow in a forested headwater catchment: Observations and modeling using a modified TOPMODEL

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2575-2586

  Scanlon, Todd M ^a   Raffensperger, Jeff P ^a,c   Hornberger, George M ^a   Clapp, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; FORESTED CATCHMENT; PIEZOMETER; STORMWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033860911     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900125     Document Type: Article

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