Comparative evaluation of performances of different conceptualisations of distributed HBV runoff response routines for prediction of hourly streamflow in boreal mountainous catchments

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 607-628

  Hailegeorgis, Teklu T ^a   Alfredsen, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baseflow simulation; Boreal mountainous catchments; Distributed hbv runoff response routines; Hourly runoff simulation; Model calibration and spatio temporal validation; Parametrical parsimony

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; FORECASTING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW;

BASEFLOWS; PARAMETRICAL PARSIMONY; RUNOFF RESPONSE; RUNOFF SIMULATION; SPATIO TEMPORAL;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84930235116     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2014.051     Document Type: Article

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