Conceptual modelling to assess how the interplay of hydrological connectivity, catchment storage and tracer dynamics controls nonstationary water age estimates

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2956-2969

  Birkel, Christian ^a   Soulsby, Chris ^a   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment storage; Connectivity; Rainfall runoff model; Stable isotopes; Tracers; Water age

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ISOTOPES; MIXING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RAIN; RIVERS; SOILS;

CONNECTIVITY; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RESPONSE; STABLE ISOTOPES; STREAMFLOW GENERATIONS; WATER AGES;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FLOW CONTROL; MIXING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; TRACER; WATER FLOW; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84931956439     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10414     Document Type: Article

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