How important is the selection of computational analysis method to the accuracy of rainwater tank behaviour modelling?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2850-2861

  Mitchell, V Grace ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling; Rainwater tank; Storage yield performance; Urban water supply; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RAINWATER TANK; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER HARVESTING;

WATER TANKS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TANKS;

DRINKING WATER; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35349016911     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6499     Document Type: Article

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