Rainfall Runoff Relationships for a Cloud Forest Watershed in Central America: Implications for Water Resource Engineering

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1022-1031

  Caballero, Luis A ^a   Rimmer, Alon ^b   Easton, Zachary M ^c   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^d  

^a ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY   (Honduras)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Cloud forest headwater catchments; Rainfall runoff relationships; Runoff generation; Tropical hydrology; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; RUNOFF GENERATION; TROPICAL HYDROLOGIES; WATER BALANCE;

AERODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

CLOUD FOREST; DRINKING WATER; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

AERODYNAMICS; CENTRAL AMERICA; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

FRANCISCO MORAZAN; HONDURAS; LA TIGRA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84867100483     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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