Hydrological modeling of River Xiangxi using SWAT2005: A comparison of model parameterizations using station and gridded meteorological observations

Quaternary International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Xu, Hongmei ^a   Taylor, Richard G ^b   Kingston, Daniel G ^b   Jiang, Tong ^a   Thompson, Julian R ^b   Todd, Martin C ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; XIANGXI RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77956037550     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.037     Document Type: Article

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