CONCEPTUAL HYDROLOGICAL MODEL FOR AN AVERAGE-SIZED CATCHMENT AREA, I. CONCEPTS AND RELATIONSHIPS

The model enables the calculation, in daily values, of water tranfers (interception by vegetation, evapotranspiration, surface runface runoff, infiltration, percolation, etc.) of the state of the different phases of the water cycle (water accumulated in the snow cover, in the vegetative cover, on the surface, in the zone of aeration and in the zone of saturation of the soil, etc.) and of the flow at the outlet of the area (surface runoff, interflow and base flow). The aim of this model is to establish a detailed water balance of a catchment area, to follow its daily evalution and to understand the factors that determine its nature. This work sets out the concepts and justifies the mathematical functions and relationships used. A next publication will be devoted to the determination of parameters, the validity of the model and its applications.

• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Bultot, F
  • Dupriez, G L
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 361-272
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 3/4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Drainage basins; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic phenomena; Mathematical models; Percolation; Runoff; Snow; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrologic data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136337
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM