Diagnosing peak-discharge power laws observed in rainfall-runoff events in Goodwin Creek experimental watershed

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2387-2399

  Furey, Peter R ^a   Gupta, Vijay K ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Excess rainfall; Floods; Peak discharge; Power laws; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCALING LAWS; VELOCITY; WATERSHEDS;

POWER LAW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCALING LAWS; VELOCITY; WATERSHEDS;

DRAINAGE; FLOODING; HILLSLOPE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; POWER LAW; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

GOODWIN CREEK; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548364192     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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