Characterizing hydrologic change through catchment classification

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 273-285

  Sawicz, K A ^a   Kelleher, C ^a   Wagener, T ^a,b   Troch, P ^c   Sivapalan, M ^d   Carrillo, G ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CATCHMENT CLASSIFICATIONS; CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC SIMILARITY; REGRESSION TREES; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

ARIDITY; CATCHMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY;

EID: 84893065730     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-273-2014     Document Type: Article

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