Assessing nested hydrological and hydrochemical behaviour of a mesoscale catchment using continuous tracer data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 336, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 430-443

  Tetzlaff, D ^a   Waldron, S ^b   Brewer, M J ^c   Soulsby, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Continuous water quality monitoring; Diurnal variability; Environmental tracers; GIS; Hydrograph separation; Hydrological flow paths

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CONTINUOUS WATER QUALITY MONITORING; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROLOGICAL FLOW PATHS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALKALINITY; BIOMONITORING; CATCHMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGRAPH; LOW FLOW; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

ABERDEENSHIRE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEUGH RIVER; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947150082     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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