Titelangaben
Romano, Maria C. ; Thiel, M. ; Schwarz, Udo ; Kurths, Jürgen ; Lange, Holger ; Hauhs, Michael:
Conceptual model of runoff from a forested catchment.
In: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos.
Bd. 11
(2001)
Heft 10
.
- S. 2567-2578.
ISSN 0218-1274
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127401003619
Abstract
We investigate the relationship between precipitation and runoff data from a small forested catchment in the Harz mountains (Germany). For this purpose, we develop a conceptual model including memory effects to predict the runoff signal using the precipitation data as input. An enhanced variant of the model also includes air temperature as input variable. We show in terms of correlation functions that this model describes the main dynamical properties of the runoff, especially the delay between rain event and runoff response as the annual persistence in the runoff data.