Long-term water balance and conceptual model of a semi-arid mountainous catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 133-143

  Chauvin, G M ^a   Flerchinger, G N ^b   Link, T E ^a   Marks, Danny ^b   Winstral, A H ^b   Seyfried, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Evapotranspiration; Percolation; Rangeland; Snow; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; HEAD WATERS; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; IDAHO , USA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND COVER; MODEL SIMULATION; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERCOLATION; RANGELAND; REYNOLDS CREEK EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED; ROOT ZONE; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND; SNOW ABLATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SOIL WATER; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPRING PRECIPITATION; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLUX; WATER YEAR; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ABLATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRAINAGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; LAND COVER; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCOLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TERRAIN; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952488099     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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