A comparison of rainfall-runoff modelling approaches for estimating impacts of rural land management on flood flows

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-483

  Bulygina, Nataliya ^a   McIntyre, Neil ^a   Wheater, Howard ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood flow; Land use; Pontbren; Rainfall runoff modelling; Regionalisation

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FLOW; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PONTBREN; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; REGIONALISATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; STRUCTURAL ERRORS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; TOOLS;

LAND USE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND MANAGEMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RURAL AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876972481     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.034     Document Type: Article

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