Difference infiltrometer: A method to measure temporally variable infiltration rates during rainstorms

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3312-3318

  Moody, John A ^a   Ebel, Brian A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective and cyclonic storms; Fourmile Canyon; Infiltration; Runoff; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COLORADO , USA; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; CYCLONIC STORMS; FOURMILE CANYON; HIGH INTENSITY; HILLSLOPES; INFILTRATION MODELS; INFILTRATION RATE; INFILTROMETERS; LONG DURATION; LOW-INTENSITY; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NESTED DESIGN; PUBLIC DOMAINS; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SHORT DURATIONS; SOIL MONITORING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIPPING-BUCKET RAIN GAGES; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; RAIN; RUNOFF; THUNDERSTORMS;

INFILTRATION;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLONE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866348785     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9424     Document Type: Article

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