Hydrologic response to stormwater control measures in urban watersheds

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 1488-1500

  Bell, Colin D ^a   McMillan, Sara K ^a   Clinton, Sandra M ^b   Jefferson, Anne J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Impervious surfaces; Runoff mitigation; Stormwater management; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN HYDROLOGY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

URBAN GROWTH;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992593411     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.08.049     Document Type: Article

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