HESS Opinions "catchments as meta-organisms - A new blueprint for hydrological modelling"

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1107-1116

  Savenije, Hubert H G ^a   Hrachowitz, Markus ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RUNOFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MOBILIZATION; MOISTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 85013668743     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-1107-2017     Document Type: Article

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