<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PIÑOL, JOSEP</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BEVEN, KEITH</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FREER, JAMES</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Modelling the hydrological response of mediterranean catchments, Prades, Catalonia. The use of distributed models as aids to hypothesis formulation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrological Processes</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean hydrology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rainfall–runoff models</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TOPMODEL</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1287-1306</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper attempts to extend the physical arguments underlying the distributed TOPMODEL concepts in an application to the strongly seasonal contributing area responses in two adjacent small mediterranean catchments in the Prades region of Catalonia, Spain. A perceptual model of hydrological response in these catchments is used to suggest possible modifications of the model in a hypothesis testing framework, including an attempt to modify the topographic index approach to reflect the expansion of the effective area of subsurface flow during the wetting-up sequence. It is found that slight improvements in modelling efficiency are possible but that different model parameter distributions are appropriate for different parts of the record. The model was much more successful for the catchment producing the higher runoff volumes. © 1997 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>