Inferring catchment precipitation by doing hydrology backward: A test in 24 small and mesoscale catchments in Luxembourg

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Krier, R ^a,b   Matgen, P ^a   Goergen, K ^a   Pfister, L ^a   Hoffmann, L ^a   Kirchner, J W ^c,d,e   Uhlenbrook, S ^b,f   Savenije, H H G ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SIZE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; IN-SITU; LUXEMBOURG; MESOSCALE CATCHMENTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE LEVEL; NETWORK SPANNING; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SUBBASINS; WET AND DRY; WET CONDITIONS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MODEL TEST; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RADAR IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALZETTE BASIN; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

EID: 84867833224     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010657     Document Type: Article

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