Multi-criteria assessment of the Representative Elementary Watershed approach on the Donga catchment (Benin) using a downward approach of model complexity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-442

  Varado, N ^a,b   Braud, I ^a,c   Galle, S ^a,d   Le Lay, M ^a   Seguis L ^d,e   Kamagate, B ^e   Depraetere, C ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^d IRD Benin   (Benin)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33748692830     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-427-2006     Document Type: Article

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