Rainfall estimation in SWAT: An alternative method to simulate orographic precipitation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 509, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-265

  Galvan L ^a   Olias M ^a   Izquierdo, T ^b   Ceron J C ^a   Fernandez de Villaran R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Kriging; Orographic gradient; Rainfall; SWAT

Indexed keywords

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; KRIGING; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

GAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN GAGES;

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84890376765     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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