A new baseflow separation method based on analytical solutions of the Horton infiltration capacity curve

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1719-1736

  Lin, Kairong ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a   Zhang, Wenhua ^a   Liu, Pan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Comparative study; Horton infiltration; Hydrograph separation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

BASEFLOW SEPARATION METHOD; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; HORTON INFILTRATION CAPACITY CURVE; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BASEFLOW; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGRAPH; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; VADOSE ZONE; WATERSHED;

EID: 34447096566     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6357     Document Type: Article

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