1. Predicting discharge and sediment for the Abay (Blue Nile) with a simple model.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S., Collick, Amy S., Easton, Zachary M., Leggesse, Elias S., Bayabil, Haimonote K., White, Eric D., Awulachew, Seleshi B., Adgo, Enyew, and Ahmed, Abdassalam Abdalla
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HYDROLOGIC models ,RUNOFF ,WATER balance (Hydrology) ,METEOROLOGICAL precipitation ,EVAPORATION (Meteorology) - Abstract
The article focuses on a study in Blue Nile River which examines the development of simple hydrology and erosion models through the use of saturation excess runoff principles and interflow processes. It states that a water balance approach is used by dividing the landscape into variable saturated areas, exposed rock and hillslopes. It notes that available precipitation and potential evaporation data and a minimum of calibration parameters are used to couple the model with erosion model.
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- 2009
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