Effects of urbanization on watershed hydrology: The scaling of discharge with drainage area: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT
Author(s) -
Robert E. Criss,
W. E. Winston
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/g23380c.1
Subject(s) - watershed , hydrology (agriculture) , pennsylvanian , streamflow , streams , geology , watershed area , urbanization , drainage , scaling , drainage basin , environmental science , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , structural basin , geography , ecology , geometry , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , biology , computer network , cartography
[Galster et al. (2006)][1] use questionable data for two Pennsylvanian streams to misconstrue the dependence of streamflow on watershed area and urbanization. Their first equation, Q = kAc , relates flow rate ‘ Q ’ (m3/s) to drainage area ‘ A ’ (m2), using ‘ k ,’ “a measure of river
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