Catchments as simple dynamical systems: Experience from a Swiss prealpine catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Teuling, A J ^a,b   Lehner, I ^a   Kirchner, J W ^c,d   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; DRY CONDITION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION LOSS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HIGH-QUALITY OBSERVATIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOGARITHMIC SPACES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LYSIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW PATTERN; HETEROGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; LYSIMETER; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIMESCALE;

RIETHOLZBACH; SAINT GALL [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77958469126     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008777     Document Type: Article

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