Analytical compensation between DTM grid resolution and effective values of saturated hydraulic conductivity within the TOPMODEL framework

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1331-1346

  Saulnier, Georges Marie ^a   Obled, Charles ^a   Beven, Keith ^b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital terrain analysis; DTM; Hydraulic conductivity; Rainfall runoff modelling; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY BASED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL (TOPMODEL);

HYDROLOGY;

DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA; DTM; GRID RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL; TOPMODEL;

EID: 0031182398     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199707)11:9<1331::aid-hyp563>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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