Classifying low flow hydrological regimes at a regional scale

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3741-3750

  Kirkby, M J ^a   Gallart, F ^b   Kjeldsen, T R ^c   Irvine, B J ^a   Froebrich, J ^d   Lo Porto, A ^e   De Girolamo, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DYNAMIC PARTITIONING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAKES; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CROSS SECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SURVIVAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869430441     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3741-2011     Document Type: Article

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