Downward approach to hydrological prediction

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2101-2111

  Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a   Blöschl, Günter ^b   Zhang, Lu ^c   Vertessy, Rob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downward approach; Hydrology; Prediction

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER;

PARAMETERIZATION;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0041783939     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1425     Document Type: Article

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