Lateral flow thresholds for aspen forested hillslopes on the Western Boreal Plain, Alberta, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4287-4300

  Redding, Todd E ^a,b   Devito, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FORREX Watershed Management Extension Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antecedent soil moisture storage; Boreal Plain; Hillslope hydrology; Sprinkling experiment; Subsurface flow; Threshold; Vertical recharge

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE; BOREAL PLAIN; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; SPRINKLING EXPERIMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THRESHOLD; VERTICAL RECHARGE;

EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FLOW SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; HILLSLOPE; LUVISOL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THRESHOLD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53849126668     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7038     Document Type: Article

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