Quantification and interpretation of suspended-sediment discharge hysteresis patterns: How much data do we need?

Catena

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-129

  Aich, Valentin ^a   Zimmermann, Alexander ^a   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Hysteresis index; Overland flow; Sediment monitoring; Suspended sediment; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904416502     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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