Modeling hydrologic responses of the Zwalm catchment using the REW approach: Propagation of uncertainty in soil properties to model output

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1005-1018

  El Ouazzani Taibi, Abderraouf ^a   Elfeki, Amro ^b   Zhang, Guoping ^c  

^a ChemGS sarl ^*  (Belgium)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catchment modeling; Hydraulic conductivity; Monte Carlo method; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; ZWALM BASIN;

EID: 79960891471     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0268-1     Document Type: Article

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