Land cover effects on runoff patterns in eastern piedmont (USA) watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1525-1538

  Julian, Jason P ^a   Gardner, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial landscape ecology; Hydrologic memory; Hydrologic signatures; Power spectral analysis; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC SIGNATURES; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

RUNOFF; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PIEDMONT; RUNOFF; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891746130     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9692     Document Type: Article

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