Has land cover a significant impact on mean annual streamflow? An international assessment using 1508 catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 357, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 303-316

  Oudin, Ludovic ^a   Andréassian, Vazken ^b   Lerat, Julien ^b   Michel, Claude ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Budyko formula; Land cover; Long term water balance; Overparameterization; Rainfall runoff modeling; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; KETONES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; C ATCHMENT AREA; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ELSEVIER (CO); GLOBAL COVERAGE; HYDROCLIMATIC; IN LINE; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LAND COVER (LC); LONG-TERM POTENTIAL; OVERALL MODEL; STREAM FLOWS; VEGETATION TYPES; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATER BALANCES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; LAND COVER; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 47249139021     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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