Do transient storage parameters directly scale in longer, combined stream reaches? Reach length dependence of transient storage interpretations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-25

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a   Briggs, Martin A ^b   Bencala, Kenneth E ^c   McGlynn, Brian L ^d   Scott, Durelle T ^e  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater surface water interaction; OTIS; Stream solute transport; Transient storage; Uvas Creek

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CONCENTRATION-TIME; EQUIFINALITY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LENGTH DEPENDENCE; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; OTIS; PARAMETER SET; SOLUTE EXCHANGE; SPATIAL SCALE; STORAGE ZONES; STREAM SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; STREAM TRACERS; TRACER EXCHANGE; TRANSIENT STORAGE; TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS; UVAS CREEK;

CURVE FITTING; GROUNDWATER; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TRACER; TRANSIENT FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; UVAS CREEK;

EID: 84874313630     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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