The problem of scaling in grid-related hydrological process modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1219-1230

  Braun, P ^a   Molnar, Tibor ^b   Kleeberg, H B ^b  

^a Bayerisch Landesamt Waserwirtschaft   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital terrain analysis; Hydrological models; Rescaling procedures; Scaling behaviour; Self similar fractals; Simple scaling

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS; GRID RELATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

GIS; GRID WIDTH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; SCALING;

EID: 0031180089     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199707)11:9<1219::aid-hyp553>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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