Streamflow simulation using a water-balance model with annually-resolved inputs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-53

  Solander, Kurt ^a   Saito, Laurel ^a   Biondi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River basin; Dendrohydrology; Nevada; Paleohydrology; Water resources management; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER BASIN; DENDROHYDROLOGY; NEVADA; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAGES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMESCALE; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649329383     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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