Linking spatial patterns of perched groundwater storage and stormflow generation processes in a headwater forested catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 3843-3857

  Ali, Geneviève A ^a   L'Heureux, Caroline ^b   Roy, André G ^b,c   Turmel, Marie Claude ^b   Courchesne, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominant runoff processes; Forested catchment; Low permeability soil layer; Perched groundwater (PGW) storage; Storage discharge relationships; Water table

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT RUNOFF PROCESS; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; STORAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS; WATER TABLE;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOILS; STORMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONSERVATION;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HEADWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 82655173875     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8238     Document Type: Article

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