Are streamflow recession characteristics really characteristic?

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 817-828

  Stoelzle, M ^a   Stahl, K ^a   Weiler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER THICKNESS; EXTRACTION METHOD; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RECESSION ANALYSIS; RECESSION CHARACTERISTICS; STORAGE DEPLETIONS;

AQUIFERS; EXTRACTION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONALIZATION; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84879034008     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-817-2013     Document Type: Article

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