Discharge predictions of a rainfall-driven theoretical hydrograph compared to common models and observed data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Criss, Robert E ^a   Winston, William E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID DYNAMICS; FREE VOLUME; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; BASIN AREAS; COMMON MODELS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DARCY'S LAWS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FLOOD PREDICTIONS; FLOW VARIATIONS; FLOW VOLUMES; FREE PARAMETERS; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROGRAPHS; INFLECTION POINTS; OBSERVED DATUMS; PEAK FLOWS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RECESSION RATES; SMALL RIVERS; STORM EVENTS; TIME CONSTANTS;

FORECASTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 57149101720     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006415     Document Type: Article

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