Spatial and temporal variability of the hydrological response in a small Mediterranean research catchment (Vallcebre, Eastern Pyrenees)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 775-787

  Latron, Jerome ^a,b   Soler, M ^a   Llorens, P ^a   Gallart, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean catchment; Rainfall runoff; Spatio temporal variability; Storm flow; Vallcebre

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

RAINFALL-RUNOFF; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STORM-FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALLCEBRE;

EID: 40749150968     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6648     Document Type: Article

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