Multi-criterial validation of TOPMODEL in a mountainous catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1603-1620

  Guntner A ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^b   Seibert, J ^c   Leibundgut, Ch ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distributed modelling; Multi criterial validation; Rainfall runoff models; Saturated areas; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SETTLING TANKS;

CATCHMENT; MULTI CRITERIAL VALIDATION; RAINFALL RUNOFF MODELS; SATURATED AREAS;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

GERMANY;

EID: 0343750636     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990815)13:11<1603::AID-HYP830>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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