Implementation of a process-based catchment model in a poorly gauged, highly glacierized Himalayan headwater

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1323-1339

  Konz, M ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^b   Braun, L ^c   Shrestha, A ^d   Demuth, S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d Department of Hydrology and Meteorology   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GLACIER; HEADWATER; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LANGTANG KHOLA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 34248631400     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1323-2007     Document Type: Article

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