Application of the Kineros2 rainfall-runoff model to an arid catchment in Oman

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 355, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 91-105

  Al Qurashi, Aisha ^a   McIntyre, Neil ^a   Wheater, Howard ^a   Unkrich, Carl ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid; Model; Oman; Rainfall runoff; Wadi

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA STRUCTURES; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF;

PARAMETER SPACE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF;

RAIN;

CATCHMENTS; DATA STRUCTURES; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; DATA SET; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGRAPH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 43949126154     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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