Implementation of the TOPKAPI model in South Africa: Initial results from the Liebenbergsvlei catchment

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Vischel, Théo ^a,c   Pegram, Geoff ^a   Sinclair, Scott ^a   Parak, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Jeffares and Green (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Physically distributed hydrological model; South Africa; TOPKAPI

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSICALLY DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOPKAPI;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; LIEBENBERGSVLEI RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 52649121952     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i3.180626     Document Type: Article

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