Conceptual examination of climate-soil controls upon rainfall partitioning in an open-fractured soil: I. Single storm response

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-517

  Struthers, Iain ^a   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^b   Hinz, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual modelling; Fractures; Macropores; Water balance

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE-SOIL CONTROLS; FRACTURED SOIL; RAINFALL PARTITIONING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MACROPORE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STORM;

EID: 33846437126     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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