Automatic calibration of conceptual rainfall-runoff models: Optimization algorithms, catchment conditions, and model structure

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3513-3524

  Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Biftu, Getu Fana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN;

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; GLOBAL CONVER-GENCE; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SHUFFLE COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS;

RUNOFF;

AVES;

MODEL CALIBRATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL;

EID: 0030428424     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR02195     Document Type: Article

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