Sensitivity of point scale surface runoff predictions to rainfall resolution

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 965-982

  Hearman, A J ^a   Hinz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; LEACHING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33847737405     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-965-2007     Document Type: Article

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