Anthropogenic controls from urban growth on flow regimes

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-135

  Mejía, Alfonso ^a   Rossel, Florian ^a,b   Gironás, Jorge ^b,c   Jovanovic, Tijana ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable CONICYT FONDAP 15110020   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flow duration curves; Hydrologic alteration; Stochastic dynamics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOW DURATION CURVE; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; STOCHASTICITY; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84940949939     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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