Investigation of the model complexity required in runoff simulation at different time scales

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 872-885

  Micovic, Zoran ^a   Quick, Michael C ^b  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Model complexity; Runoff simulation; Temporal resolution; UBC watershed model; Watershed model

Indexed keywords

MODEL COMPLEXITY; RUNOFF SIMULATION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; UBC WATERSHED MODEL; WATERSHED MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; LANDFORMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RANGE FINDING; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

EID: 70349524874     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.5.872     Document Type: Article

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