Storage as a Metric of Catchment Comparison

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3364-3371

  Mcnamara, James P ^a   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^b   Bishop, Kevin ^c   Soulsby, Chris ^b   Seyfried, Mark ^d   Peters, Norman E ^e   Aulenbach, Brent T ^e   Hooper, Richard ^f  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment comparison; Groundwater; Soil water; Storage; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGIC FUNCTIONS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; HYDROLOGIC SCIENCE; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED MODELLING; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOIL WATER; WATER BALANCE;

ENERGY STORAGE; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

EID: 80053227257     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8113     Document Type: Article

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