Parameter identifiability for catchment-scale erosion modelling: A comparison of optimization algorithms

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-97

  Freedman, Vicky L ^a   Lopes, Vicente L ^a   Hernandez, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed modelling; Hydrology; Numerical models; Optimization methods; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EROSION; FUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATERSHEDS;

HETEROSCEDASTIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION (HMLE); SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION METHOD; SIMPLEX METHOD; SOIL EROSION;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT STUDY; EROSION MODELLING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD;

EID: 0032486440     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00131-0     Document Type: Article

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