Geomorphological Zoning: An Improvement to Coupling Alpine Hydrology and Meteorology?

Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 247-260

  de Jong, Carmen ^a   Ergenzinger, Peter ^b   Borufka, Martin ^c   Köcher, Arne ^c   Dresen, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Berlin Bonn Environmental Res Group   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GeoSYS   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Schneetaelchen" or "snow valleys"; Evapotranspiration models; Geomorphological zoning; Geomorphological geological zoning; Precipitation runoff models; Slope models; Surface runoff and catchment boundary; watershed and river bed management

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249164810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470858249.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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