Performance of a theoretical model for the description of water balance and runoff dynamics in Southern Italy

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1113-1123

  Gioia, Andrea ^a   Manfreda, Salvatore ^b   Iacobellis, Vito ^a   Fiorentino, Mauro ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Regional relationships; Runoff probability distribution; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ITALY;

EID: 84921025433     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: 19435584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000879     Document Type: Article

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