Towards more systematic perceptual model development: A case study using 3 Luxembourgish catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2731-2750

  Wrede, Sebastian ^a,b   Fenicia, Fabrizio ^a,c   Martínez Carreras, Núria ^a   Juilleret, Jérôme ^a   Hissler, Christophe ^a   Krein, Andreas ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^b   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^b,d   Kavetski, Dmitri ^e   Pfister, Laurent ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT); End member mixing analysis; Headwaters; Hydrograph separation; Perceptual models; Streamflow generation; Subsolum

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SILICA; SOIL SURVEYS; STREAM FLOW;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; HEADWATERS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; PERCEPTUAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW GENERATIONS; SUBSOLUM;

CATCHMENTS;

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SANDSTONE; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATTERT RIVER; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

EID: 84930380014     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10393     Document Type: Article

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