On the probabilistic structure of water age

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3588-3600

  Porporato, Amilcare ^a   Calabrese, Salvatore ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

age distribution; harmonic mean; residence time; stochastic soil moisture; streamflow; Von Foerster equation

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FIELD DETERMINATION; HARMONIC MEAN; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; MCKENDRICK-VON FOERSTER EQUATION; PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURES; RESIDENCE TIME; VON FOERSTER EQUATION;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

AGE STRUCTURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

EID: 84932621152     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017027     Document Type: Article

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