Effect of channel network topology, basin segmentation and rainfall spatial distribution on the geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph transfer function

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-419

  Moussa, Roger ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Basin segmentation; Channel network; Geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph; Hillslope flow velocity; Rainfall distribution; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SCALING LAWS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BASIN SEGMENTATION; CHANNEL NETWORK TOPOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGIC INSTANTANEOUS UNIT HYDROGRAPH; HILLSLOPE FLOW VELOCITY; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SCALING LAWS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849148330     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6612     Document Type: Article

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