Application of ANN-Based Streamflow Forecasting Model for Agricultural Water Management in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1759-1773

  Edossa, Desalegn Chemeda ^a   Babel, Mukand Singh ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; ANN; Awash River Basin; Drought forecasting; Ethiopia; Middle Awash; Modified flows; Streamflow forecasting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; ANN; AWASH RIVER BASIN; ETHIOPIA; MIDDLE AWASH; MODIFIED FLOWS; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING;

CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; FLOW MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AWASH BASIN; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79952700587     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9773-y     Document Type: Review

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