Scale invariance of daily runoff time series in agricultural watersheds

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-91

  Zhou, X ^a   Persaud, N ^b   Wang, H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SCALE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

EID: 33344457814     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-79-2006     Document Type: Article

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