On morphometric properties of basins, scale effects and hydrological response

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-58

  Moussa, Roger ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Catchment shape index; Digital elevation models; Geomorphological unit hydrograph; Geomorphology; Lag time; Source basins

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; TOPOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM);

HYDROLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHOMETRY; RIVER BASIN; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

EID: 0037255321     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1114     Document Type: Article

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