Calibration of the INCA model in a Mediterranean forested catchment: The effect of hydrological inter-annual variability in an intermittent stream

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 729-741

  Bernal, S ^a   Butturini, A ^b   Riera, J L ^a   Vazquez E ^a   Sabater, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental modelling; Fuirosos; Hydrology; Intermittent stream; Mediterranean climate; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NITROGEN; STREAMWATER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 13444258722     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-729-2004     Document Type: Article

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