Effects of Different Retention Parameter Estimation Methods on the Prediction of Surface Runoff Using the SCS Curve Number Method

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3241-3254

  Tessema, Selome M ^a   Lyon, Steve W ^b   Setegn, Shimelis G ^c   Mörtberg, Ulla ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awash river basin; Retention parameter; Sustainable water use; SWAT; Water balance components

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

RETENTION PARAMETER; RIVER BASINS; SUSTAINABLE WATER USE; SWAT; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS;

ESTIMATION;

BASEFLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; RETENTION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

AWASH BASIN; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84903616305     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0674-3     Document Type: Article

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