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Fluorescent particle tracers in surface hydrology: a proof of concept in a semi-natural hillslope
F. Tauro
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00184, Italy
Honors Center of Italian Universities, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00184, Italy
S. Grimaldi
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Honors Center of Italian Universities, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00184, Italy
Dipartimento per l'Innovazione nei Sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
A. Petroselli
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
M. C. Rulli
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica, Ambientale, Infrastrutture Viarie, Rilevamento, Politecnico di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
M. Porfiri
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
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The average runoff coefficient was less than 1%, while cerrado deforestation has the potential to increase that amount up to 20-fold.
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