A noncalibrated rainfall-runoff model for large, arid catchments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2161-2172

  Lange, J ^a   Leibundgut, C ^a   Greenbaum, N ^b   Schick, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

ARID CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033058225     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900038     Document Type: Article

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