Runoff modelling for snow-affected catchments in the Australian alpine region, eastern Victoria

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-23

  Schreider, S Yu ^a   Whetton, P H ^b   Jakeman, A J ^a   Pittock, A B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine region; Rainfall runoff model; Snow melt accumulation module; Streamflow modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

ALPINE REGION; RAINFALL RUNOFF MODEL; SNOW AFFECTED CATCHMENT; SNOW MELT ACCUMULATION MODULE; STREAMFLOW MODELLING;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

AUSTRALIA, MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, KIEWA RIVER; AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, MITTA-MITTA RIVER;

EID: 0031574484     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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