Assessing the impact of land use change on hydrology by ensemble modelling (LUCHEM) IV: Model sensitivity to data aggregation and spatial (re-)distribution

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-192

  Bormann, H ^a   Breuer, L ^b   Graff T ^c   Huisman, J A ^d   Croke, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d ICG 4 Agrosphere   (Germany)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrological catchment models; Input data aggregation; Land use change; Model comparison; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CATCHMENT MODELS; INPUT DATA AGGREGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL COMPARISON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATCHMENTS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

LAND USE;

CATCHMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 63849144652     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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