Time of concentration: a paradox in modern hydrology;Temps de concentration: un paradoxe dans l'hydrologie moderne

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-228

  Grimaldi, S ^a,b,c   Petroselli, A ^a   Tauro, F ^b,c   Porfiri, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lag time; time of concentration; travel time; ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION PROCEDURES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INHERENT VARIABILITY; LAG-TIME; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PRIMARY PARAMETERS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; UNGAUGED BASINS;

TRAVEL TIME;

HYDROLOGY;

BASIN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84856941266     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.644244     Document Type: Article

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