Application of WaSiM-ETH model to Northern German lowland catchments: Model performance in relation to catchment characteristics and sensitivity to land use change

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Bormann, H ^a   Elfert, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 77955965732     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-27-1-2010     Document Type: Article

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