Potentials and limitations of modelling spatio-temporal patterns of soil moisture in a high mountain catchment using WaSiM-ETH

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2182-2196

  Rößler, Ole ^a   Löffler, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Sensitivity analysis; Soil moisture; Swiss alps; WaSiM ETH

Indexed keywords

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES; HIGH MOUNTAINS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; IN-LINE; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; LOCAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MICRO-CLIMATE; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SHORT DISTANCES; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SWISS ALPS; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION RESULTS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROCLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; LOTSCHENTAL; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77954351491     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7663     Document Type: Article

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