Evaluation of different parameterizations of the spatial heterogeneity of subsurface storage capacity for hourly runoff simulation in boreal mountainous watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 522-533

  Hailegeorgis, Teklu T ^a   Alfredsen, Knut ^a   Abdella, Yisak S ^b   Kolberg, Sjur ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal mountainous watershed; Calibration and evaluation; Parameterization; Semi distributed and distributed; Spatial heterogeneity; Subsurface storage capacity

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; FLOW DURATION CURVE; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; PRECIPITATION-STREAMFLOW RELATIONSHIPS; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STORAGE CAPACITY;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CALIBRATION; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 84938118437     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.061     Document Type: Article

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