Predicting daily streamflow using rainfall forecasts, a simple loss module and unit hydrographs: Two Brazilian catchments

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1229-1239

  Littlewood, I G ^a   Clarke, R T ^b   Collischonn, W ^b   Croke, B F W ^c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hydropower; Rainfall forecasts; River Paran ; Streamflow forecasts; Unit hydrographs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW;

HYDROPOWERS; RAINFALL FORECASTS; RIVER PARANA; STREAMFLOW FORECASTS; UNIT HYDROGRAPHS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGRAPH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRAZIL; PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147178948     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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