The water balance of a sub-Arctic town

• Main Authors: Semadeni Davies, Annette, Bengtsson, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1999
• Subjects: Water Engineering; Arctic; Lulea; Uddebo
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2595414; https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/13<1871::AID-HYP878>3.0.CO;2-M

Urban water balances differ from their rural counterparts due to extreme spatial heterogeneity, water imported from outside catchment boundaries and changed flow paths (e.g., drainage pipes and impervious surfaces). Urban catchments are characterized by increased peak discharges and fast response ti...