Rainfall threshold for hillslope outflow: An emergent property of flow pathway connectivity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1047-1063

  Lehmann, P ^a,b,d   Hinz, C ^b   McGrath, G ^b   Tromp van Meerveld, H J ^c,d   McDonnell, J J ^e,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; OUTFLOW; PERCOLATION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SATURATION; SOIL DEPTH; THRESHOLD;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; PANOLA MOUNTAIN RESEARCH WATERSHED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047204667     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1047-2007     Document Type: Article

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