Modeling hydrological variability of fresh water resources in the Rio Cobre watershed, Jamaica

Catena

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-90

  Setegn, S G ^a,b   Melesse, A M ^b   Haiduk, A ^c   Webber, D ^d   Wang, X ^e   McClain, M E ^f,g  

^a Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Global Water for Sustainability   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Water Resources Authority   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrological modeling; Jamaica; Rio Cobre; Stream flow; SWAT; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899818520     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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