A simple semi-distributed water balance model for the Ethiopian highlands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3718-3727

  Collick, Amy S ^a,b   Easton, Zachary M ^b   Ashagrie, Tegenu ^c   Biruk, Biniam ^c   Tilahun, Seifu ^a,b   Adgo, Enyew ^a   Awulachew, Seleshi B ^d   Zeleke, Gete ^e   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a,b  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e AHI   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Monsoonal climate; Nile; Rainfall runoff; Thornthwaite mather; Upper Nile Basin

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DAILY DISCHARGE; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISTRIBUTED WATER; ETHIOPIA; HYDROLOGIC REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INPUT PARAMETER; LONG DURATION; MODEL VALIDATION; ON-STREAM; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINY SEASONS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SHORT DURATIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; SMALL SCALE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PLANNING; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; NILE RIVER;

EID: 76149109420     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7517     Document Type: Article

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