Assessing the effect of land use change on catchment runoff by combined use of statistical tests and hydrological modelling: Case studies from Zimbabwe

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 147-163

  Lørup, Jens Kristian ^a,c   Refsgaard, Jens Christian ^a   Mazvimavi, Dominic ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Hydrological model; Land use change; Runoff; Statistical test; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ZIMBABWE;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0032031172     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1176(97)00311-9     Document Type: Article

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