A parsimonious modelling approach for water management in dryland areas

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 338, Issue , 2010, Pages 85-90

  Pande, Saket ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^b   Bastidas, Luis A ^c   Gosain, Ashvin K ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dryland modelling; Parsimonious modelling; Water management in drylands; Water management in India

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT PROCESS; DRYLAND; EVAPORATION FLUX; LINEAR RESERVOIRS; OVERALL-MODEL; PARAMETERIZED; PARSIMONIOUS MODELLING; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; STUDY AREAS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME STEP; WATER SCARCE;

EVAPORATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DATA SET; DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 79551548506     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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