Rainfall-runoff modelling across southeast Australia: Datasets, models and results

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Vaze, J ^a   Chiew, F H S ^a   Perraud, J M ^a   Viney, N ^a   Post, D ^a   Teng, J ^a   Wang, B ^b   Lerat, J ^a   Goswami, M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c TCE Consulting Engineers   (India)

Author keywords

Australia.; Climate datasets; Rainfall runoff models; Runoff characteristics; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE DATASETS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; RAINFALL - RUNOFF MODELLING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA;

RUNOFF;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952578933     PISSN: 13241583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2011.11465379     Document Type: Article

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