Catchment residence and travel time distributions: The master equation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Botter, Gianluca ^a   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^a,b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Ecohydrology IIE ENAC Cole Polytechinque Fédérale de Lausanne ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

COHERENT FRAMEWORKS; CONTROL VOLUMES; DESCRIPTORS; FORCINGS; INPUT/OUTPUT; MASTER EQUATIONS; RECEIVING WATERS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL-VEGETATION; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; TIME VARIANT; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRAVEL TIME;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; EQUATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIXING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; TRAVEL TIME; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79958087381     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047666     Document Type: Article

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