Effect of the spatial variability of land use, soil type, and precipitation on streamflows in small watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 673-686

  Cho, Huidae ^a   Olivera, Francisco ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geospatial analysis; Precipitation; Runoff; Simulation; Surface water hydrology; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DATA RESOLUTIONS; DISTRIBUTED DATA; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC FEATURES; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 66149087984     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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