Regionalization of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model based on similarity of the flow duration curve: A case study from the semi-arid Karkheh basin, Iran

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 188-201

  Masih, I ^a,b   Uhlenbrook, S ^b,c   Maskey, S ^b   Ahmad, M D ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment similarity; Flow duration curve (FDC); HBV model; Poorly gauged catchment; Predictions in ungauged basins; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

FLOW DURATION CURVE (FDC); HBV MODEL; POORLY GAUGED CATCHMENT; REGIONALIZATION; UNGAUGED BASINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; REGIONALIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN; KARKHEH RIVER; KHUZESTAN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77956185599     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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