Modelling of stormwater biofilters under random hydrologic variability: A case study of a car park at Monash University, Victoria (Australia)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3416-3424

  Daly, E ^a   Deletic, A ^a   Hatt, B E ^a   Fletcher, T D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Bioretention; Low impact development; Soil moisture; Stormwater; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; BIORETENTION; CAR PARKS; FIELD DATA; FILTER MEDIA; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NITROGEN TREATMENT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS; TOTAL NITROGEN; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLUX; WATER VOLUMES;

BIOFILTRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILTRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; INFLOW; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STORMWATER; URBAN DESIGN; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84867204466     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8397     Document Type: Article

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