A hybrid deterministic-fuzzy rule based model for catchment scale nitrate dynamics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 143-156

  Shrestha, Rajesh Raj ^a   Bárdossy, András ^b   Rode, Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fuzzy rules; Hydrological model; Nitrate transport model; Optimisation; TOPMODEL; Water balance

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BALANCE;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; STREAM FLOW;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER BUDGET;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; THURINGIA; WEIDA RIVER; WEISSE ELSTER RIVER;

EID: 34447500152     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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