GEOtop: A distributed hydrological model with coupled water and energy budgets

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-388

  Rigon, Riccardo ^a   Bertoldi, Giacomo ^a   Over, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 33746032982     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM497.1     Document Type: Article

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