Hydrology in a Mediterranean mountain environment - The Vallcebre research basins (northeastern Spain). I. 20 years of investigation of hydrological dynamics

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 336, Issue , 2010, Pages 38-43

  Latron, Jérôme ^a   Llorens, Pilar ^a   Soler, Montserrat ^a   Poyatos, Rafael ^b   Rubio, Carles ^c,d   Muzylo, Aleksandra ^a   Martínez Carreras, Nuria ^e   Delgado, Juliana ^a   Regüés, David ^f   Catari, Gusman ^a   Nord, Guillaume ^a   Gallart, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Centre d'Assessoria Dr Ferrer SL   (Spain)

^e LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^f INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrological dynamics; Mediterranean mountains; Research basins; Vallcebre

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BASIN SCALE; HYDROLOGICAL DYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS; MODEL APPLICATION; MOUNTAIN BASINS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VALLCEBRE; WATER DEFICITS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RESEARCH; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

LANDFORMS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESEARCH WORK; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN; VALLCEBRE;

EID: 79551567735     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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