A new flashiness index: Characteristics and applications to Midwestern rivers and streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 503-522

  Baker, David B ^a   Richards, R Peter ^a   Loftus, Timothy T ^a   Kramer, Jack W ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Flashiness index; Indicators of Hydrological Alteration; Stormwater management; Stream flashiness; Surface water hydrology; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; OSCILLATIONS; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECOREGION BOUNDARIES; FLASHINESS INDEX; HYDROLOGIC REGIMES; LAND MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INDEX METHOD; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4544382341     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01046.x     Document Type: Article

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