Landscape controls on long-term runoff in subhumid heterogeneous Boreal Plains catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 2737-2751

  Devito, Kevin J ^a   Hokanson, Kelly J ^a   Moore, Paul Adrian ^b   Kettridge, Nicholas ^c   Anderson, Axel E ^d   Chasmer, Laura ^e   Hopkinson, Chris ^e   Lukenbach, Maxwell C ^a   Mendoza, Carl A ^a   Morissette, Julienne ^f   Peters, Daniel L ^g   Petrone, Richard Michael ^h   Silins, Uldis ^a   Smerdon, Brian ^a,i   Waddington, James Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

ⁱ ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal Plains; catchment evapotranspiration; glacial landforms; intercatchment comparison; land cover; regional runoff

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

BOREAL PLAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DEPRESSION STORAGES; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; INTERCATCHMENT COMPARISON; LAND COVER; NORTHERN ENVIRONMENT;

CATCHMENTS;

BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; RUNOFF;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 85020483661     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11213     Document Type: Article

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