Accounting for sparsely observed rainfall space - Time variability in a rainfall-runoff model of a semiarid Tunisian basin

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 617-630

  Cudennec, Christophe ^a,b   Slimani, Mohamed ^c   Le Goulven, Patrick ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Area function; Geomorphology based unit hydrograph; Rainfall space time variability; Semiarid basin; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL DATA;

RAIN;

HYDROGRAPH; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; WORLD;

EID: 23044515137     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.4.617     Document Type: Article

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