A water balance model of the upper blue nile in ethiopia;Un modèle de bilan pour le bassin du haut Nil Bleu en Ethiopie

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-286

  Conway, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODELS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (PE); WATER BALANCE MODELS;

RIVERS;

POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; WATER BALANCE MODEL;

ETHIOPIA, BLUE NILE RIVER;

EID: 0031113775     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626669709492024     Document Type: Article

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