Extension of the representative elementary watershed approach for cold regions via explicit treatment of energy related processes

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-644

  Tian, F ^a   Hu, H ^a   Lei, Z ^a   Sivapalan, M ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; ENERGY BUDGET; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES;

EID: 33748697173     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-619-2006     Document Type: Article

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