Hypsometric control on surface and subsurface runoff

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Vivoni, Enrique R ^a   Di Benedetto, Francesco ^a   Grimaldi, Salvatore ^b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER;

%MOISTURE; BASE FLOWS; BASIN CHARACTERISTICS; CONTOUR LINES; DISTRIBUTED WATERSHED MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBSURFACE RUN OFFS; SURFACE RESPONSE; TECHNICAL NOTES; VARIABLE SOURCE AREAS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYPSOMETRY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 59649112601     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006931     Document Type: Article

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