Systems hydrology models for the Upper Catchments of the Jordan River and Lake Kinneret, Israel

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Rimmer, Alon ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISCHARGE; HEAT BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; SALINITY; SOLUTE; STREAMFLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 42549085801     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.56.1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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