PERSiST: A flexible rainfall-runoff modelling toolkit for use with the INCA family of models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 855-873

  Futter, M N ^a   Erlandsson, M A ^b   Butterfield, D ^c   Whitehead, P G ^d   Oni, S K ^a   Wade, A J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c EnMoSys   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MODEL CALIBRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; RUNOFF GENERATION; RUNOFF GENERATION PROCESS; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED; SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW MODELING; LAND TYPE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SIMULATION; STREAMFLOW;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896994019     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-855-2014     Document Type: Article

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