Gypsies in the palace: Experimentalist's view on the use of 3-D physics-based simulation of hillslope hydrological response

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3878-3893

  James, April L ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b,e   Tromp Van Meerveld, Ilja ^c   Peters, Norman E ^d  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock permeability; Effective parameters; Hillslope model; Sub surface flow; Threshold; TOUGH2

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK PERMEABILITY; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; HILLSLOPES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THRESHOLD; TOUGH2;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BEDROCK; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HILLSLOPE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RETENTION; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

EID: 78649996504     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7819     Document Type: Article

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