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Rainfall timing and runoff: The influence of the criterion for rain event separation

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Volume 64 (2016): Issue 3 (September 2016)
By: Isabel Molina-Sanchis,  Roberto Lázaro,  Eva Arnau-Rosalén and  Adolfo Calvo-Cases  
Open Access
|Jul 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
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Language: English
Page range: 226 - 236
Submitted on: Mar 23, 2015
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Accepted on: Apr 14, 2016
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Published on: Jul 8, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Rain events,
Minimum inter-event time (MIT),
Runoff,
Macrochloa tenacissima (= Stipa tenacissima),
Semiarid
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Introductions and overviews,
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