The sensitivity of a catchment model to soil hydraulic properties obtained by using different measurement techniques

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 677-688

  Davis, Sharon H ^a   Vertessy, Robert A ^a   Silberstein, Richard P ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment models; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Topog_Dynamic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOILS;

CATCHMENT MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0033561563     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990415)13:5<677::AID-HYP772>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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