How informative is land-cover for the regionalization of the GR4J rainfall-runoff model? Lessons of a downward approach

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 307, 2006, Pages 246-255

  Oudin, Ludovic ^a   Andréassian, Vazken ^b   Loumagne, Cécile ^b   Michel, Claude ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Downward approach; Evapotranspiration; Land use; Rainfall runoff model; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

DOWNWARD APPROACH; LINEAR REGRESSION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; REGIONALIZATION;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

BASIN; CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845595940     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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