Which baseflow metrics should be used in assessing flow regimes of urban streams?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 4367-4378

  Hamel, Perrine ^a,c   Daly, Edoardo ^a   Fletcher, Tim D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Natural flow paradigm; Principal component analysis; Urban streams; Victoria (Australia)

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

BASEFLOWS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; NATURAL FLOW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN STREAM; VICTORIAS (AUSTRALIA);

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; FLOW FIELD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84940793114     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10475     Document Type: Article

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