Catchment properties, function, and conceptual model representation: Is there a correspondence?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2451-2467

  Fenicia, Fabrizio ^a   Kavetski, Dmitri ^b   Savenije, Hubert H G ^c   Clark, Martyn P ^d   Schoups, Gerrit ^c   Pfister, Laurent ^a   Freer, Jim ^e  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Catchment form; Conceptual models; Function; Hypothesis testing; Model interpretation; Perceptual models; SUPERFLEX; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP; CATCHMENT FORMS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL INTERPRETATIONS; PERCEPTUAL MODEL; SUPERFLEX; TOPDOWN;

AQUIFERS; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOW MODELING; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84892446527     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9726     Document Type: Article

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