Re-scaling the topographic index to improve the representation of physical processes in catchment models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 205-218

  Ibbitt, Richard ^a   Woods, Ross ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DEM scale effects; Hydrological model; TOPMODEL; Topographic index

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); WATER TABLE;

HYDROLOGY;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATER TABLE;

EID: 2542597686     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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