Modelling and estimation of different components of streamflow for Gangotri Glacier basin, Himalayas

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-322

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Haritashya, Umesh K ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^c  

^a Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gangotri Glacier; Himalayas; SNOWMOD; Streamflow modelling; Temperature index

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW;

HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DATABASE; TEMPERATURE INDEX;

HYDROLOGY;

ABLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGOTRI GLACIER; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 42449119676     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.2.309     Document Type: Article

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