Development of an automated procedure for estimation of the spatial variation of runoff in large river basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Kannan, Narayanan ^a   Santhi, Chinnasamy ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Parameterization; Regional modeling; Runoff; SWAT; Upper Mississippi

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; RAIN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REUSABILITY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATED CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION EFFECTS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETERS; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MANUAL CALIBRATION; MODEL INPUT; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL MODELING; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT; TEST RESULTS; TIME CONSUMING; UNITED STATES; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER YIELDS;

AUTOMATION;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; MODEL TEST; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249114173     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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