Improving catchment discharge predictions by inferring flow route contributions from a nested-scale monitoring and model setup

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 913-930

  Van Der Velde, Y ^a   Rozemeijer, J C ^b   De Rooij, G H ^c   Van Geer, F C ^d,e   Torfs, P J J F ^a   De Louw, P G B ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DISCHARGE PREDICTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; FLOW ROUTES; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HYDROGRAPHS; LOWLAND CATCHMENT; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; NITRATE LOADS; NUTRIENT LOADS; OVERLAND FLOW; SITE MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; UPSCALING; VALIDATION PERIODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEADWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PROBABILITY; VOLUME; WATER FLOW; WATER TABLE;

EID: 79952767400     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-913-2011     Document Type: Article

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