Tritium balance in macro-scale river basins analysed through distributed hydrological modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-576

  Koeniger, P ^a   Schwientek, M ^b   Uhlenbrook, S ^c   Leibundgut, Ch ^d   Krause, W J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Residence time; Tritium; Tritium balance modeling; Weser basin

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHY; TRITIUM;

MACRO-SCALE RIVER BASINS; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED CATCHMENT MODEL; TRITIUM BALANCE MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHY; TRITIUM;

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TRITIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WESER RIVER;

EID: 40049095318     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6634     Document Type: Article

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