Hydrological modelling of the Sierra de las Minas in Guatemala, by using a conceptual distributed model and considering the lack of data

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 100, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-106

  Morales De La Cruz, M ^a   Frances F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Cloud forest; Conceptual model; Distributed hydrological model; Sierra de las Minas

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER;

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; CLOUD FOREST; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SIERRA DE LAS MINAS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BASIN; CALIBRATION; CLOUD FOREST; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NATURE RESERVE; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOPE;

ABIES RELIGIOSA; CALIBRATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; SOLUTES; WATER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SIERRA DE LAS MINAS;

EID: 58849140083     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/GEO080101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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