Runoff simulation of the headwaters of the yellow river using the SWAT model with three snowmelt algorithms

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-61

  Zhang, Xuesong ^a   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^a   Debele, Bekele ^a,b   Hao, Fanghua ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Runoff; Simulation; Snow hydrology; SWAT; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT ALGORITHMS; SWAT; YELLOW RIVER;

RUNOFF;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RUNOFF; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; HEADWATER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 42049113209     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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