Temporal patterns and controls on runoff magnitude and solution chemistry of urban catchments in the semiarid southwestern United States

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 995-1010

  Gallo, Erika L ^a,b   Brooks, Paul D ^a   Lohse, Kathleen A ^a,b   Mclain, Jean E T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Runoff; Runoff ratio; Semiarid; Urban; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; SEMIARID; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; URBAN;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877925316     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9199     Document Type: Article

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