Hydrological hysteresis and its value for assessing process consistency in catchment conceptual models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-123

  Fovet, O ^a,b   Ruiz, L ^a,b   Hrachowitz, M ^c   Faucheux, M ^a,b   Gascuel Odoux, C ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CONCEPTUAL HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PROCESS CONSISTENCY; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER LEVELS;

HYSTERESIS;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYSTERESIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMFLOW;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84920842785     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-105-2015     Document Type: Article

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