Probabilistic characterization of base flows in river basins: Roles of soil, vegetation, and geomorphology

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Botter, G ^a   Porporato, A ^b   Daly, E ^b   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^c   Rinaldo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FLOW MOMENTS; POISSON PROCESS;

FLOW OF WATER;

FLOW OF WATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

EID: 34547159755     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005397     Document Type: Article

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