Empirical model for predicting a catchment-scale metric of surface water transit time in streams

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 492-504

  Van Nieuwenhuyse, Erwin E ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW; TRACER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344437541     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-202     Document Type: Article

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