A regional estimate of postfire streamflow change in California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1465-1478

  Bart, Ryan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; fire; mixed model; paired watershed; regionalization; streamflow; watershed

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FLOOD CONTROL; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CALIFORNIA; INHERENT VARIABILITY; MIXED MODELING; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; REGIONALIZATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STREAMFLOW RESPONSE; UNGAUGED WATERSHED;

STREAM FLOW;

FLOOD CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONALIZATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961844670     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016553     Document Type: Article

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