Automatic calibration of conceptual rainfall-runoff models: Sensitivity to calibration data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 23-48

  Yapo, Patrice O ^a   Gupta, Hoshin Vijai ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CONCEPTUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF MODELS; DAILY ROOT MEAN SQUARE; HETEROSCEDASTIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ERROR; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; RUNOFF MODELLING;

CALIBRATION DATA; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MDOEL; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL;

EID: 0030162090     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02918-4     Document Type: Article

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