Scaling of dominant runoff generation processes: Nested catchments approach using multiple tracers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Didszun, Jens ^a,b   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Engineering Hydrology   (Germany)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SILICA;

HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCALING BEHAVIOR;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SILICA;

CATCHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; DREISAM BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 41149089580     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005242     Document Type: Article

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