Hydrological characterisation of four Brazilian catchments using a simple rainfall-streamflow model

Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Littlewood, I G ^a   Clarke, R T ^b   Collischonn, W ^b   Croke, B F W ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Catchment characterisation; Continuous flow simulation; Modelling; Regionalisation; Unit hydrographs

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; HYDROGRAPHS; MODELLING; REGIONALISATION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 84858679256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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