Unit hydrographs to model quick and slow runoff components of streamflow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 227, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 195-206

  Yue, S ^a   Hashino, M ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Parameter identification; Quick runoff; Rainfall runoff model; Slow runoff; Unit hydrograph; Unit pulse response function

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

UNIT HYDROGRAPHS;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROGRAPH; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 0034736981     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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