River routing at the continental scale: Use of globally-available data and an a priori method of parameter estimation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-124

  Naden, Pam ^a   Broadhurst, Peter ^a   Tauveron, Nicholas ^b   Walker, Alec ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 0032992266     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-3-109-1999     Document Type: Article

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