Catchments as simple dynamical systems: A case study on methods and data requirements for parameter identification

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5577-5596

  Melsen, L A ^a   Teuling, A J ^a   Van Berkum, S W ^a   Torfs, P J J F ^a   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boussinesq theory; calibration; data requirements; parameter identification; recession analysis; ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903805599     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014720     Document Type: Article

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