The Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen: A hypothesis-driven observatory

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 227-255

  Bloschl G ^a   Blaschke, A P ^a   Broer, M ^a   Bucher, C ^a   Carr, G ^a   Chen, X ^a   Eder, A ^a,b   Exner Kittridge, M ^a   Farnleitner, A ^a   Flores Orozco, A ^a   Haas, P ^a   Hogan, P ^a   Kazemi Amiri, A ^a   Oismuller M ^a   Parajka, J ^a   Silasari, R ^a   Stadler, P ^a   Strauss, P ^b   Vreugdenhil, M ^a   Wagner, W ^a   Zessner, M ^a   more..

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Federal Agency for Water Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NUTRIENTS; OBSERVATORIES; SITE SELECTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN); RUNOFF GENERATION MECHANISMS; RUNOFF GENERATION PROCESS; SCIENCE STRATEGIES; WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATORY; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AUSTRIA; LOWER AUSTRIA; PETZENKIRCHEN;

EID: 84957034362     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-227-2016     Document Type: Article

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