Characterising the hydrological regime of an ungauged temporary river system: a case study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 13950-13966

  D’Ambrosio, Ersilia ^a,b   De Girolamo, Anna Maria ^b   Barca, Emanuele ^b   Ielpo, Pierina ^b,c   Rulli, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Hydrological indices; Principal component analysis; Regression analysis; Temporary rivers; Ungauged catchments

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ELEVATION; FLOW MODELING; GAUGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEM; SLOPE; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED;

ITALY;

HYDROLOGY; ITALY; RIVER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROLOGY; ITALY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84978052419     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7169-0     Document Type: Article

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