Regionalization of a distributed catchment model for highly glacierized Nepalese headwater catchments

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 308, 2006, Pages 454-459

  Konz, Markus ^a   Braun, Ludwig N ^a   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^a   Demuth, Siegfried ^a   Shrestha, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annapurna; Distributed modelling; Himalayan headwater; Khumbu; Langtang; Nepal; Process oriented runoff simulation; Regionalization; TACD model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DISTRIBUTED MODELING; HIMALAYAN HEADWATER; PROCESS ORIENTED RUNOFF SIMULATION; REGIONALIZATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGIONALIZATION; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANNAPURNA; ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; GANDAKI; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; LANGTANG VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845543696     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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