Catchment soil moisture and rainfall characteristics as determinant factors for discharge/suspended sediment hysteretic loops in a small headwater catchment in the Spanish pyrenees

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Seeger, M ^a   Errea, M P ^b   Begueria S ^b   Arnaez J ^c   Marti C ^b   Garcia Ruiz J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headwater catchment; Hysteretic loops; Mediterranean mountain; Pyrenees; Runoff generating processes; Sediment transport; Spain

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYSTERESIS; KINEMATICS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CATCHMENT SOIL MOISTURE; HEADWATER CATCHMENTS; HYSTERETIC LOOPS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HYSTERESIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842486177     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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