Effects of model complexity and structure, data quality, and objective functions on hydrologic modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 81-103

  Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Dlamini, Enoch M ^a,b   Biftu, Getu Fana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Water Resources Branch   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CONCEPTUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF (CRR) MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPLEXITY; DATA QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; MODEL CALIBRATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL; STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; USA;

EID: 0030615818     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03114-9     Document Type: Article

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