Soil water repellency as a potential parameter in rainfall-runoff modelling: Experimental evidence at point to catchment scales from Portugal

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-377

  Doerr, S H ^a   Ferreira, A J D ^b,c   Walsh, R P D ^a   Shakesby, R A ^a   Leighton Boyce, G ^a   Coelho, C O A ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Overland flow; Runoff; Soil hydrophobicity; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; WETTING;

SOIL WATER REPELLENCY;

HYDROLOGY;

FOREST SOIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL WATER; WETTABILITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037442711     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1129     Document Type: Article

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