Precipitation, soil moisture and runoff variability in a small river catchment (Arde`che, France) during HyMeX Special Observation Period 1

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 516, Issue , 2014, Pages 330-342

  Huza, Jessica ^a,b,e   Teuling, Adriaan J ^a   Braud, Isabelle ^b   Grazioli, Jacopo ^d   Melsen, Lieke A ^a   Nord, Guillaume ^c   Raupach, Timothy H ^d   Uijlenhoet, Remko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e Water Department Environment and Infrastructure AMEC Americas   (Canada)

Author keywords

HyMeX; Initial soil moisture; Runoff generation; Small catchments; Soil moisture spatial variability; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

HYMEX; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; RUNOFF GENERATION; SMALL CATCHMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

AUTUMN; CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NATURAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STORM; TRANSECT;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84945173645     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.041     Document Type: Article

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