Hydrological function of a thin extensive green roof in southern Sweden

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-268

  Bengtsson, Lars ^a   Grahn, Lennart ^a   Olsson, Jonas ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Green roof; Sedum moss; Urban runoff; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; NATURAL RIVER BASINS; SOUTHREN SWEDEN;

HYDROLOGY;

RUNOFF; URBAN DRAINAGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; CRASSULACEAE; SEDUM;

EID: 23044467795     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2005.0019     Document Type: Article

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