A hydrological investigation using a lumped water balance model: The Aison River Basin case (Greece)

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-307

  Karpouzos, D K ^a   Baltas, E A ^a   Kavalieratou, S ^a   Babajimopoulos, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aison River Basin; Optimization; Simulation; Snowmelt; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; DATA UNCERTAINTY; EMPIRICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; NELDER-MEAD ALGORITHMS; NORTHERN GREECE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; RIVER BASINS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; SNOWMELT; STATISTICAL CRITERION; TIME STEP; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATER LOSS;

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; OROGRAPHY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SNOWMELT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICISM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREECE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LUMPED WATER BALANCE MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NELDER MEAD ALGORITHM; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CYCLE; WATER LOSS;

GREECE;

EID: 84860409507     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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