A distributed runoff model for the mountainous region of the Heihe River Basin (China) based on the spatial modeling environment (SME) I: Model structure and equations

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 881-888

  Jiao, Wenxian ^a   Xu, Zhongmin ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological model; Heihe River Basin; Integrated model; Spatial modeling environment; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; INTEGRATED MODELING; SPATIAL MODELING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOFTWARE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84872301261     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1793-x     Document Type: Article

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