Intercomparing hillslope hydrological dynamics: Spatio-temporal variability and vegetation cover effects

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bachmair, S ^a   Weiler, M ^a   Troch, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CURRENT MONITORING; EVENT-BASED; FORESTED HILLSLOPES; GAIN INSIGHT; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MIXED FORESTS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PROCESS KNOWLEDGE; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RESPONSE CURVES; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SYSTEM CHARACTERIZATION; TIME-PERIODS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNOFF; THUNDERSTORMS; VEGETATION;

DYNAMICS;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PEDOLOGY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINSTORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

ACTIVATION; DYNAMICS; GROUND WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RUNOFF; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84861395944     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011196     Document Type: Article

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