Toward a dynamic representation of hydrological connectivity at the hillslope scale in semiarid areas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Mark W ^a   Bracken, Louise J ^b   Cox, Nicholas J ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONNECTIVITY FUNCTION; DYNAMIC REPRESENTATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW PATH; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; MODEL FEEDBACK; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RUNOFF DEPTH; SEMIARID AREA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL SCALE; STORM EVENTS; STORM STRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE;

EID: 78650447629     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008496     Document Type: Article

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