Calibration and evaluation of a semi-distributed watershed model of Sub-Saharan Africa using GRACE data

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3083-3099

  Xie, H ^a   Longuevergne, L ^b   Ringler, C ^a   Scanlon, B R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENTWISE; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; HUMID REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; MODEL FIT; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-SITE; RAINFED; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEMI ARID; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER STORAGE; WATER STORAGE VARIATION; WATERSHED MODELS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; GRACE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84865796760     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3083-2012     Document Type: Article

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