On the effects of triangulated terrain resolution on distributed hydrologic model response

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2101-2122

  Vivoni, Enrique R ^a   Ivanov, Valeriy Y ^b   Bras, Rafael L ^b   Entekhabi, Dara ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive gridding; Aggregation; Multiple resolution model; Surface subsurface dynamics; Topography; Triangulated irregular network; Variable source area; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE SATURATION; TIN-BASED REAL TIME INTEGRATED BASIN SIMULATORS (TRIBS); TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK (TIN); WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK; WATERSHED;

EID: 22944446764     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5671     Document Type: Article

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