Current understanding of hydrological processes on common urban surfaces

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 699-713

  Redfern, Thomas W ^a,b   Macdonald, Neil ^b   Kjeldsen, Thomas R ^c   Miller, James D ^a   Reynard, Nick ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydrological processes; impervious surfaces; surface runoff; Urban hydrology; urban infiltration

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FIELD METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WATER PLANNING; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84991660708     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133316652819     Document Type: Article

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