Details

Title

Estimating Curve Number under changing catchment’s land cover structure

Journal title

Archives of Environmental Protection

Yearbook

2026

Volume

vol. 52

Issue

No 1

Authors

Affiliation

Krajewski, Adam : Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland ; Hejduk, Leszek : Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Keywords

CN method; ; rainfall-runoff; ; initial abstraction; ; afforestation; ; rural area;

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

110-117

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

25.02.2026

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/aep.2026.158387

DOI

10.24425/aep.2026.158387

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