Status of automatic calibration for hydrologic models: Comparison with multilevel expert calibration

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-143

  Gupta, Hoshin Vijai ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Yapo, Patrice Ogou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MULTILEVEL EXPERT CALIBRATION; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION;

EID: 0033117411     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(1999)4:2(135)     Document Type: Article

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