Environmental and ecological hydroinformatics to support the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive for river basin management

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-252

  van Griensven, A ^a,b   Breuer, L ^c   Di Luzio, M ^d   Vandenberghe, V ^b   Goethals, P ^b   Meixner, T ^e   Arnold, J ^f   Srinivasan, R ^g  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; Eco hydrology; Environmental hydroinformatics; EU water framework directive; Model integration; SWAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847000916     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2006.010     Document Type: Article

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