Exploring the physical controls of regional patterns of flow duration curves – Part 4: A synthesis of empirical analysis, process modeling and catchment classification

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4483-4498

  Yaeger, M ^a   Coopersmith, E ^a   Ye, S ^b   Cheng, L ^c   Viglione, A ^d   Sivapalan, M ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS DATA; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW DURATION CURVE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CONTROL; PROCESS MODELING; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY; SLOW FLOW; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL STUDY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GEOLOGY; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

ARIDITY; CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW PATTERN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PHENOLOGY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY; SOIL PROFILE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870260181     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4483-2012     Document Type: Article

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