An introduction to the hydrological modelling system PREVAH and its pre- and post-processing-tools

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1209-1222

  Viviroli, D ^a   Zappa, M ^b   Gurtz, J ^c   Weingartner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HBV type model; Hydrological modelling; Hydrological response units; Model calibration; Modelling system; Mountain hydrology; Post processing; Pre processing; Process based model

Indexed keywords

HBV-TYPE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE UNITS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODELLING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; POST-PROCESSING; PRE-PROCESSING; PROCESS-BASED MODEL;

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 67349086663     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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