The quest for more powerful validation of conceptual catchment models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2325-2335

  Mroczkowski, Marek ^a   Raper, G Paul ^a   Kuczera, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MODEL;

CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; FOREST; GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; PASTURE; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 0030764323     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01922     Document Type: Article

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