Hydrological connectivity of hillslopes and streams: Characteristic time scales and nonlinearities

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  McGuire, Kevin J ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; BASEFLOWS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLOW RATIOS; HILLSLOPE DISCHARGE; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; LINEAR RESPONSE; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; NON-LINEARITY; PHYSICAL FLOW; RAINY SEASONS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STORM EVENTS; STORM FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME-SCALES; TRACER RESPONSE; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UP PERIOD;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYSTERESIS; ISOTOPES; PROCESS CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

RIVERS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CONNECTIVITY; DEBRIS FLOW; HILLSLOPE; NONLINEARITY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958158333     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009341     Document Type: Article

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