Effects of rainfall intensity fluctuations on infiltration and runoff: Rainfall simulation on dryland soils, Fowlers Gap, Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2211-2224

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event profile; Fowlers Gap; Infiltration; Rainfall intensity; Runoff

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANDED VEGETATION; CONTINUED USE; DRYLAND; ECO-HYDROLOGY; EVENT PROFILE; FOWLERS GAP; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; RUNOFF GENERATION; RUNOFF RATES; SIMULATED RAINFALL;

INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SOILS;

RAIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; EROSION; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863984201     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8317     Document Type: Article

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