Distributed modeling of storm flow generation in an Amazonian rain forest catchment: Effects of model parameterization

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2173-2187

  Vertessy, Robert A ^a   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; RUNOFF; STORMWATER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033061983     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900051     Document Type: Article

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