Effects of the catchment runoff coefficient on the performance of TOPMODEL in rainfall-runoff modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1823-1836

  Xiong, Lihua ^a   Guo, Shenglian ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Model efficiency; Rainfall runoff modelling; Runoff coefficient; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT RUNOFF COEFFICIENT; RAINFALL RUNOFF MODELING;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 3242694434     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1449     Document Type: Article

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