Impacts of urban development on runoff event characteristics and unit hydrographs across warm and cold seasons in high latitudes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 521, Issue , 2015, Pages 328-340

  Sillanpää, Nora ^a   Koivusalo, Harri ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change detection; Cold climate; Gamma distribution; Stormwater; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; SEWAGE; STORMS; URBAN GROWTH;

CHANGE DETECTION; COLD CLIMATE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; STORMWATERS; URBANIZATION;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEASONALITY; SNOWMELT; SURFACE WATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WARMING;

EID: 84919784917     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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