Using field data to inform and evaluate a new model of catchment hydrologic connectivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6834-6846

  Smith, Tyler ^a   Marshall, Lucy ^b,c   McGlynn, Brian ^d   Jencso, Kelsey ^e  

^a Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

catchment; conceptual model; hillslope; hydrologic connectivity; landscape analysis; riparian; runoff; source areas; topography; watershed

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN; SOURCE AREA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; STRINGERS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HILLSLOPE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886897574     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20546     Document Type: Article

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