Evaluation of gridded precipitation data for driving SWAT model in area upstream of three gorges reservoir

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Yan ^a,b   Wang, Guoqiang ^a   Wang, Lijing ^c   Yu, Jingshan ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CHINA; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84914696656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112725     Document Type: Article

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