Dynamical modelling of concentration-age-discharge in watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1711-1718

  Duffy, Christopher J ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of tracers; Dynamical systems; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

'DRY' [; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AVERAGE MODEL; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; HILLSLOPES; INPUT-OUTPUT; INTERMITTENCY; LOW-ORDER MOMENTS; MEAN AGES; ON FLOW; PRACTICAL ISSUES; STATIONARITY; TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED MODELLING; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEADY FLOW; TRACER; TRAVEL TIME; WATERSHED;

EID: 77954356966     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7691     Document Type: Article

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