The spatiotemporal variability of runoff generation and groundwater dynamics in a snow-dominated catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 50-66

  Kuraś, Piotr K ^a   Weiler, Markus ^a   Alila, Younes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Groundwater; Hillslope; Runoff; Scaling; Snow

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; SCALING;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; FIELDWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HILLSLOPE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40649121460     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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