Combining the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) and MODIS imagery to estimate monthly flows in a data-scarce Chilean Andean basin;Combinaison du modèle SWAT et de l'imagerie MODIS pour estimer les débits mensuels dans un bassin disposant de peu de données des Andes Chiliennes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1053-1067

  Stehr, Alejandra ^a   Debels, Patrick ^a,b   Arumi, Jose Luis ^a   Romero, Francisco ^c   Alcayaga, Hernan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b National University of Engineering   (Nicaragua)

^c Dirección General de Aguas DGA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biob o; Chile; Hydrological modelling; MODIS snow product; Snow; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; CHILE; DISCHARGE TIME; GENERAL MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LOCAL MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL REPRESENTATION; MODIS IMAGERY; MONTHLY FLOW; RIVER BASINS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER EXTENTS; SNOW COVERAGE; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SUBBASINS; SWAT MODEL;

RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES; WATER;

SNOW;

DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; STREAM;

CHILE;

EID: 75649098957     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.6.1053     Document Type: Article

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