Consistency between hydrological models and field observations: Linking processes at the hillslope scale to hydrological responses at the watershed scale

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-319

  Clark, M P ^a   Rupp, D E ^b   Woods, R A ^a   Tromp van Meerveld, H J ^c   Peters, N E ^d   Freer, J E ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DHI Water and Environment Inc   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment processes; Model conceptualization; Recession analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW PATHS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEORGIA; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE TYPES; LINEAR RESERVOIRS; NON-LINEAR; RECESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WATERSHEDS; RESERVOIR MODELS; SIMPLE CONNECTIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; STREAMFLOW; WATER BALANCES; WATERSHED SCALE;

CATCHMENTS;

HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; PANOLA MOUNTAIN RESEARCH WATERSHED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61749098875     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7154     Document Type: Article

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