A groundwater-based, objective-heuristic parameter optimisation method for a precipitation-runoff model and its application to a semi-arid basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-258

  Mazi, K ^a   Koussis, A D ^a   Restrepo, P J ^b   Koutsoyiannis, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Optimal Decis Eng Corporation   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Groundwater; Hydrologic model; Natural recharge; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MODULAR MODELING SYSTEMS (MMS);

GROUNDWATER;

CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1842426597     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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