Velocities, celerities and the basin of attraction in catchment response

摘要: Catchment systems are interestingly nonlinear, but their dynamics constrained from being unduly chaotic by mass and energy balance requirements. There have been no attempts in hydrology that we know of tried to map both the flow transport a catchment any form phase space. In part, this is because high dimensionality space–time patterns response; part there sufficient uncertainty about input output fluxes estimated measurement might be expected obscure attractor-like behaviour. study explore basin attractor for Multiple Interacting Pathway (MIPs) model previous papers has shown give good results small Gardsjon Sweden. MIPs based on particle tracking techniques gives responses travel residence time water catchment. Here it used provide consistent values fluxes, total storage, distributions long simulation period. The nature those storage dimensions then investigated. suggest range behaviours hysteretic interesting ways forcing inputs, with space filling trajectories attraction as should forced dissipative system. exhibited defines simpler emulator will need span.