Runoff regime estimation at high-elevation sites: A parsimonious water balance approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1661-1673

  Bartolini, E ^a   Allamano, P ^a   Laio, F ^a   Claps, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; HIGH ELEVATION; INPUT DATAS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; PROBABILISTIC REPRESENTATION; REGIONAL SCALE; RUNOFF REGIMES; SEASONALITY; SNOW STORAGE; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; TIME-SCALES; TWO PARAMETER; UNGAUGED BASINS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; RAIN; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TIMESCALE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 81255170105     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1661-2011     Document Type: Article

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