Water allocation assessment in low flow river under data scarce conditions: A study of hydrological simulation in Mediterranean basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-71

  Bangash, Rubab F ^a   Passuello, Ana ^a   Hammond, Michael ^b   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data scarcity; Hydrological simulation; Low flow; MIKE BASIN; NAM rainfall runoff

Indexed keywords

DATA SCARCITY; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; LOW FLOW; MIKE BASIN; RAINFALL RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

GROUND WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

CATALONIA; FRANCOLI RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 84868682321     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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