A new precipitation-based method of baseflow separation and event identification for small watersheds (<50km 2)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-278

  Koskelo, Antti I ^a   Fisher, Thomas R ^a   Utz, Ryan M ^b   Jordan, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow separation; Hydrochemical; Hydrograph; Precipitation; Quickflow; SARR; UKIH; WU

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGRAPHS; QUICKFLOW; SARR; UKIH; WU;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MATLAB; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS;

RAIN;

BASEFLOW; DATA SET; HYDROGRAPH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER RETENTION; WATERSHED;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862676719     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.055     Document Type: Article

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