Learning from model improvement: On the contribution of complementary data to process understanding

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Fenicia, Fabrizio ^a,b   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b,c   Savenije, Hubert H G ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; MODEL STRUCTURES; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

A-PRIORI; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA SOURCING; GROUND WATER LEVELS; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING TOOLS; NEW ZEALAND; ORTHOGONAL VIEWS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PRESSURE WAVE PROPAGATION; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; STREAM DISCHARGE; UNGAUGED CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; MAIMAI; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 49449092825     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006386     Document Type: Article

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