Upscaling discrete internal observations for obtaining catchment-averaged TOPMODEL parameters in a small Mediterranean mountain basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 1090-1094

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Latron, Jérôme ^b   Llorens, Pilar ^a   Beven, Keith J ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distributed modelling; GLUE; Saturated areas; TOPMODEL; Uncertainty; Ungauged basins; Water table

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORESTRY; KETONES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SEPARATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS; DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; FLOW DATA; GLUE; LOCAL CONTROLS; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN; SATURATED AREAS; TOPMODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC INDICES; UNCERTAINTY; UNGAUGED BASINS; UP-SCALING; WATER TABLE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHREATIC ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPSCALING; WATER TABLE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALLCEBRE;

EID: 52949098344     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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