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A topographic index explaining hydrological similarity by accounting for the joint controls of runoff formation
Institute for Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Axel Kleidon
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Conrad Jackisch
Institute for Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute of Geoecology, Department of Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Martijn Westhoff
Faculty of Earth Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Uwe Ehret
Institute for Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Hoshin Gupta
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric
Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Erwin Zehe
Institute for Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Short summary
In this study, we develop a topographic index explaining hydrological similarity within a energy-centered framework, with the observation that the majority of potential energy is dissipated when rainfall becomes runoff.
In this study, we develop a topographic index explaining hydrological similarity within a...
