Identification of the dominant runoff pathways from data-based mechanistic modelling of nested catchments in temperate UK

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Ockenden, M C ^a   Chappell, N A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data based mechanistic model; Groundwater; Rainfall runoff; Runoff pathway; Time constant; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SIZE; CHANNEL ROUTING; CHEMICAL LOAD; DOMINANT MODE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FIRST ORDER; FIRST-ORDER MODELS; FLOOD PREDICTION; FLOW PATHWAYS; LINEAR MODEL; LOW ORDER MODELS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; PERMEABLE ROCKS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF; RESPONSE TIME; SECOND-ORDER MODELS; SLOW PATHWAYS; SMALL CATCHMENT; SUB-SURFACES; SUBCATCHMENTS; TIME CONSTANT; TIME CONSTANTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SANDSTONE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; FLOOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955045605     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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