A methodology for calculating the spatial distribution of the area-slope equation and the hypsometric integral within a catchment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Cohen, Sagy ^a,b   Willgoose, Garry ^a   Hancock, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HYPSOMETRY; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN RIVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 56649097305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000820     Document Type: Article

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