Modelling Rainfall Runoff Relations Using HEC-HMS and IHACRES for a Single Rain Event in an Arid Region of Jordan

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2391-2409

  Abushandi, Eyad ^a   Merkel, Broder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid region; GIS; HEC HMS; IHACRES; SCS CN method; Wadi Dhuliel

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

HEC-HMS; IHACRES; LAND USE/LAND COVER; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATION; SCS-CN METHODS; WADI DHULIEL;

RUNOFF;

ARID REGION; CATCHMENT; GIS; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW;

JORDAN;

EID: 84876437633     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0293-4     Document Type: Article

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