Multiscale and multivariate evaluation of water fluxes and states over european river Basins

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 287-307

  Rakovec, Oldrich ^a   Kumar, Rohini ^a   Mai, Juliane ^a   Cuntz, Matthias ^a   Thober, Stephan ^a   Zink, Matthias ^a   Attinger, Sabine ^a   Schãfer, David ^a   Schrön, Martin ^a   Samaniego, Luis ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; WATER STORAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84957900276     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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