Evaluating the influence of watershed moisture storage on variations in base flow recession rates during prolonged rain-free periods in medium-sized catchments in New York and Illinois, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6022-6028

  Shaw, Stephen B ^a   McHardy, Theodore M ^b   Riha, Susan J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

evapotranspiration; streamflow recession; watershed storage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS; STREAM FLOW;

HIGH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; MOISTURE STORAGE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORMAL CONDITION; RECESSION RATE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY; WATERSHED SCALE;

WATERSHEDS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; PREDICTION; STREAMFLOW; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

ILLINOIS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884398151     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20507     Document Type: Article

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