Runoff formation in a small catchment at hillslope and catchment scales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2248-2256

  Hrnčiř, Miroslav ^a   Šanda, Martin ^a   Kulasová, Alena ^b   Císlerová, Milena ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catchment; Hillslope; Rainfall runoff episodes; Soil moisture; Subsurface trench

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DYNAMIC THRESHOLD; FORMATION PROCESS; FORMING PROCESS; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPHS; INITIAL SATURATION; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EPISODES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; SMALL CATCHMENT; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STORM FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

CATCHMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

RUNOFF;

CAMBISOL; CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THRESHOLD;

EID: 77955480638     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7614     Document Type: Article

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