A subordinated kinematic wave equation for heavy-tailed flow responses from heterogeneous hillslopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Harman, Ciaran J ^a   Reeves, Donald M ^b   Baeumer, Boris ^c   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a,d,e  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HILLSLOPE; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 79953275733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001273     Document Type: Article

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