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representative elementary area: a standalone construct

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Hydrology

the smallest catchment area above which the effects of spatial variability in soils, rainfall and topography on runoff average out.

In hydrology, representative elementary area refers to the smallest catchment area above which the effects of spatial variability in soils, rainfall and topography on runoff average out. This meaning comes from Wood (1988) in Journal of Hydrology.[1]

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  1. Wood, E. F., Sivapalan, M., Beven, K., & Band, L. (1988). Effects of spatial variability and scale with implications to hydrologic modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 102(1-4), 29-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(88)90090-x

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