A one-parameter Budyko model for water balance captures emergent behavior in darwinian hydrologic models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4569-4577

  Wang, Dingbao ^a   Tang, Yin ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

abcd model; Budyko equation; proportionality hypothesis; SCS curve number model; temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

ANNUAL WATER BALANCE; BUDYKO EQUATION; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; PROPORTIONALITY HYPOTHESIS; SCS CURVE NUMBER; SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICES; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84903429076     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060509     Document Type: Article

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