Estimation of runoff at Glen in the Free State Province of South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Zere, T B ^a   Van Huyssteen, C W ^a   Hensley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glen; Modelling; PutuRun; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECOTOPES; INPUT PARAMETERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS (RMSE); UNTILLED SOIL;

RUNOFF;

MODELING; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14744290792     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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