Testing the realism of a topography-driven model (FLEX-Topo) in the nested catchments of the Upper Heihe, China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1895-1915

  Gao, H ^a   Hrachowitz, M ^a   Fenicia, F ^a,b   Gharari, S ^a,c   Savenije, H H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MODEL TRANSFERABILITIES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED MODEL;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DATABASE; ELEVATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; HEIHE; HEILONGJIANG;

EID: 84901280735     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1895-2014     Document Type: Article

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