Comparison of top-down and bottom-up models for simulation of water balance as affected by seasonality, vegetation type and spatial land use

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wang, E ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Cresswell, H ^a   Hickel, K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysically based modelling; Catchment water balance; Empirical modelling; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICALLY-BASED MODELLING; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CATCHMENT SCALE; CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; ERROR PROPAGATION; LAND USE PATTERN; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; POINT-BASED; SEASONALITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOIL TYPES; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TOPDOWN; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BALANCE;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863374155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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