Estimation of the base flow recession constant under human interference

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7366-7379

  Thomas, Brian F ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^b   Kroll, Charles N ^c   Famiglietti, James S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

base flow recession constant; human withdrawals; hydromorphology; recession analysis; watershed time constant

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; HUMAN WITHDRAWALS; HYDROMORPHOLOGY; RECESSION ANALYSIS; TIME CONSTANTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

ESTIMATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASEFLOW; DRAINAGE; EXPLOITATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOW FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATERSHED;

EID: 84887543864     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20532     Document Type: Article

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