Comparative hydrology: Analysis of a semiarid and a humid tropical watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1169-1178

  de Araújo, José Carlos ^a   Piedra, Julio Iván González ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Brazil; Evaporation; Humid tropical watershed; Hydrological differences; Semiarid tropical watershed

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CATCHMENT AREAS; HILLSLOPE; HUMID AREAS; HUMID ENVIRONMENTS; HUMID TROPICAL WATERSHED; HYDROLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LONG-TERM OPERATIONS; MEASURED DATUM; MULTIPLICATION EFFECTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; POTENTIAL EVAPORATIONS; RIVER DISCHARGES; SEMI-ARID WATERSHEDS; SEMIARID TROPICAL WATERSHED; WATER AVAILABILITIES;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; VAPORS; WATER;

WATERSHEDS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 64049098932     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7232     Document Type: Article

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