Spatial aggregation of time-variant stream water ages in urbanizing catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3038-3050

  Soulsby, C ^a   Birkel, C ^a,b   Geris, J ^a   Tetzlaff, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Isotopes; Non stationarity; Transit times; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; RUNOFF;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; NON-STATIONARITIES; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TRANSIT TIME; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

RIVERS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TRIBUTARY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84931954933     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10500     Document Type: Article

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