Controls on event runoff coefficients in the eastern Italian Alps

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 312-325

  Norbiato, Daniele ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Merz, Ralf ^b   Blöschl, Günther ^b   Carton, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Event runoff coefficient; Geology; Runoff generation; Soil moisture initial conditions

Indexed keywords

'DRY' [; DURATION CURVE; EVENT RUNOFF COEFFICIENT; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PERMEABILITY INDEX; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; RUNOFF DATA; RUNOFF GENERATION; SCS CURVE NUMBER; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE CAPACITY; SUBSURFACE WATERS; WET AND DRY;

CAPILLARITY; CATCHMENTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE;

RUNOFF;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STORAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69349089408     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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