Impacts of upland open drains upon runoff generation: A numerical assessment of catchment-scale impacts

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1701-1726

  Lane, Stuart N ^a   Milledge, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Flood risk; Grip blocking; Grips; Peak flow; Peatlands; Uplands

Indexed keywords

FLOOD RISKS; GRIP BLOCKING; GRIPS; PEAK FLOWS; PEAT LAND; UPLANDS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; COMPLEXITY; DRAIN; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERLAND FLOW; PEAK FLOW; PEATLAND; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 84878628176     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9285     Document Type: Article

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