A process proof test for model concepts: Modelling the meso-scale

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 42-53

  Hellebrand, Hugo ^a   Müller, Christoph ^b   Matgen, Patrick ^c   Fenicia, Fabrizio ^c   Savenije, Huub ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Dominant runoff processes; Hydrological modelling; Meso scale; Soil

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK MODELS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISCHARGE SIGNAL; DOMINANT RUNOFF PROCESS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; LUMPED PARAMETER; LUXEMBOURG; MESO-SCALE; MESO-SCALE BASINS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; ORTHOGONAL DATA; PARAMETERIZED; PROOF TEST; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL DATA; SOIL MAPS; UNGAUGED BASINS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WATER STORAGE;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

EID: 79551645307     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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