Flash flood dynamics and composition in a semiarid mountain watershed

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Desilets, Sharon L E ^a   Ferré, Ty P A ^a   Ekwurzel, Brenda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

BASE FLOWS; CATCHMENT MODELS; END-MEMBERS; EVENT BASE; FLASH FLOODS; FLOOD EVENTS; FLOOD WATERS; FLOOD WAVES; HIGH ELEVATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LINEAR MIXING; MESO-SCALE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; ROUTING PROCESS; SOURCE WATERS; STREAM WATERS; SUB-BASINS; SUMMER MONSOONS; WATER RUNOFFS; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649130064     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006159     Document Type: Article

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