Impacts of ditch cleaning on hydrological processes in a drained peatland forest

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1211-1227

  Koivusalo, H ^a   Ahti, E ^a   Lauren A ^a   Kokkonen, T ^b   Karvonen, T ^b   Nevalainen, R ^c   Finer L ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEATLAND; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPSOIL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 54249120810     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-12-1211-2008     Document Type: Article

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