Impact of urban development on streamflow regime of a Portuguese peri-urban Mediterranean catchment

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2580-2593

  Ferreira, Carla Sofia Santos ^a,b   Walsh, Rory Peter Dominic ^c   Nunes, João Pedro Carvalho ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^d   Nunes, Manuel ^b   de Lima, João Luís Mendes Pedroso ^e   Coelho, Celeste Oliveira Alves ^a   Ferreira, António José Dinis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Rainfall runoff events; Recession time; Response time; Runoff coefficient; Storm runoff; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERIURBAN AREA; RAINGAUGE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RUNOFF; STORM; STREAMFLOW; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84960099224     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1386-5     Document Type: Article

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