Rainfall-interception-evaporation-runoff relationships in a semi-arid catchment, northern Limpopo basin, Zimbabwe;Relations précipitation-interception-évaporation-écoulement dans un bassin versant semi-aride (nord du Limpopo, Zimbabwe)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 687-703

  Love, David ^a,b   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^c,d   Corzo Perez, Gerald ^e   Twomlow, Steve ^f   van der Zaag, Pieter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Matopos Research Station Bulawayo   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

HBV; Interception; Limpopo basin; Semi arid hydrology

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MODE; DRY-OUT; EXTENDED VERSIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW TYPE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HBV; HBV MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTERCEPTION; LIMPOPO BASIN; MANUAL CALIBRATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RECESSION CURVES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RUNOFF GENERATION; SEMI ARID; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SUB-CATCHMENT; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER BALANCE; ZIMBABWE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; FLOOD; INTERCEPTION; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET;

LIMPOPO BASIN; ZIMBABWE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HORTONIA;

EID: 77956181681     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.494010     Document Type: Article

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