Investigating hydrological regimes and processes in a set of catchments with temporary waters in Mediterranean Europe

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 618-628

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Amaxidis, Yorgos ^b   Botti, Paolo ^c   Canè, Giuseppe ^d   Castillo, Victor ^e   Chapman, Pippa ^f   Froebrich, Jochen ^g,m   García Pintado, Javier ^e   Latron, Jérôme ^a,n   Llorens, Ramiro ^a   Lo Porto, Antonio ^h   Morais, Manuela ⁱ   Neves, Ramiro ^j   Ninov, Plamen ^k   Perrin, Jean Louis ^l   Ribarova, Irina ^k   Skoulikidis, Nikolaos ^b   Tournoud, Marie George ^l  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b HCMR IIW ^*  (Greece)

^c EAF   (Italy)

^d HYDROCONTROL   (Italy)

^e RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^h WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^j INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Baseflow; Flow regimes; Mediterranean; Runoff generation

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RUNOFF; STORMS;

AQUIFER RECHARGING; BASEFLOW (BF); FLOW DURATION CURVES (FDC); HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES; IN ORDER; INFILTRATION EXCESS (IE); KARSTIC; OVERLAND FLOW; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (PET); PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RAINFALL RUNOFF; RUNOFF GENERATION; SEMI ARID; SUMMER STORMS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HORTONIA;

EID: 45449104477     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.3.618     Document Type: Article

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