Modelling hydrological processes influenced by soil, rock and vegetation in a small karst basin of southwest China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2456-2470

  Zhang, Zhicai ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Ghadouani, Anas ^b   Shi, Peng ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological model; Epikarst fracture; Karst; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CUBIC LAWS; DARCY FLOWS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; EPIKARST; EPIKARST ZONE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOOD DISCHARGE; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; KARST; KARST BASIN; LAND COVER; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NEW MODEL; ROUTINGS; SATURATED FLOW; SHARP INCREASE; SOIL PORES; SOUTHWEST CHINA; STREAMFLOW HYDROGRAPH; SURFACE RUNOFFS; UNDERGROUND FLOW; WET SEASON;

CLIMATE MODELS; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DARCY LAW; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 79960108795     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8022     Document Type: Article

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