Analysis of subsurface storage and streamflow generation in urban watersheds

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1493-1513

  Bhaskar, Aditi S ^a,b   Welty, Claire ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

pre event water; storage; streamflow generation; urban watersheds

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ENERGY STORAGE; RAIN; RIVERS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STREAMFLOW GENERATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; URBAN WATERSHED;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

FLOW MODELING; HYDROGRAPHY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STORAGE; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027933940     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015607     Document Type: Article

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