Exploring the relationship between hydroclimatic stationarity and rainfall-runoff model parameter stability: A case study in West Africa

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Le Lay, M ^a   Galle, S ^a   Saulnier, G M ^a   Braud, I ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; PARAMETER VALUES;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; OUEME; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36649031872     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005257     Document Type: Article

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