Storage dynamics and streamflow in a catchment with a variable contributing area

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2209-2221

  Spence, C ^a   Guan, X J ^b   Phillips, R ^b   Hedstrom, N ^a   Granger, R ^a   Reid, B ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Government of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian shield; Contributing areas; Hysteresis; Storage; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK OUTCROP; CANADIAN SHIELD; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; DRYING CURVES; HEAD WATERS; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HIGHER ORDER; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; ORGANIC SOIL; RUNOFF GENERATION; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE CONDITION; STORAGE DYNAMICS; UNSATURATED SOIL; UPSCALING; WATERBODIES;

HYSTERESIS; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 77950620565     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7492     Document Type: Article

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