On constraining the predictions of a distributed model: The incorporation of fuzzy estimates of saturated areas into the calibration process

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 787-797

  Franks, Stewart W ^a,b   Gineste, Philippe ^c   Beven, Keith J ^a   Merot, Philippe ^d,e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e Ecl Natl Sup Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROLOGY; MODELING; SATURATION;

DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; SATURATION MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 0031898095     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03041     Document Type: Article

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