Modelling precipitation-streamflow processes in karst basin: The case of the Jordan River sources, Israel

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 331, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 524-542

  Rimmer, Alon ^a   Salingar, Yigal ^b  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b STAV GIS Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Baseflow separation; Hermon Mountain; Jordan River; Karst environment; Preferential flow; Rainfall runoff model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BASEFLOW SEPARATION; HERMON MOUNTAIN; JORDAN RIVER; KARST ENVIRONMENT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BASEFLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; STREAMFLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT HERMON;

EID: 33750720956     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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