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Variable Source Area

A Variable Source Area is a hydrological concept referring to a dynamic portion of a watershed that expands and contracts as the zone of surface saturation during storm events, distinguished from static source areas by its temporal variability in generating runoff due to subsurface stormflow processes.

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Parents

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272

Pollen Representation, Source Area, and Basin Size: Toward a Unified Theory of Pollen Analysis

I. Colin Prentice · Quaternary Research · 1985 · 902 citations

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Spatial and temporal characteristics of dust storms in China and its surrounding regions, 1960–1999: Relations to source area and climate

Jimin Sun, Tungsheng Liu · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2001 · 818 citations

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Source areas for scalars and scalar fluxes

Hans Peter Schmid · Boundary-Layer Meteorology · 1994 · 699 citations

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A Model of Pollen Source Area for an Entire Lake Surface

S. Sugita · Quaternary Research · 1993 · 587 citations

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The in(<i>a</i>/tan/β) index: How to calculate it and how to use it within the topmodel framework

Paul Quinn, K. J. Beven, Rob Lamb · Hydrological Processes · 1995 · 540 citations

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Authors

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  1. ZM
    Zachary M. Easton

    Virginia Tech, United States

    13 publications · 948 citations

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  2. MT
    M. Todd Walter

    Cornell University, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. TS
    Tammo S. Steenhuis

    Cornell University, United States

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. DR
    Daniel R. Fuka

    Virginia Tech, United States

    7 publications · 603 citations

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  5. SW
    Steve W. Lyon

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    4 publications · 311 citations

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Institutions

413

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    16 h-index

    58 publications

    5K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    44 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    592 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    721 citations

  6. Hohai University

    Nanjing, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    493 citations

  7. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    665 citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    233 citations

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  1. Hydrological Processes

    16 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 7 publications · 366 citations

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  5. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 6 publications · 199 citations

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