Dealing with landscape heterogeneity in watershed hydrology: A review of recent progress toward new hydrological theory

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 375-392

  Troch, Peter A ^a   Carrillo, Gustavo A ^a   Heidbüchel, Ingo ^a   Rajagopal, Seshadri ^a   Switanek, Matt ^a   Volkmann, Till H M ^a   Yaeger, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATERSHED;

EID: 59849090199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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