Kinematic dispersion in stream networks: 2. Scale issues and self-similar network organization

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 27-1-27-15

  Saco, Patricia M ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph; Hydraulic geometry; Hydrograph; Instantaneous response function; Scaling; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSIONS; KINEMATICS;

KINEMATIC DISPERSIONS;

STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DISPERSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPH; KINEMATICS;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036879803     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000694     Document Type: Article

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