Quantifying model output uncertainty due to spatial variability of rainfall

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1113-1123

  Chaubey, I ^a   Haan, C T ^b   Salisbury, J M ^b   Grunwald, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AGNPS; Agricultural hydrology; Modeling; Output uncertainty; Spatial variability; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

MODEL OUTPUT UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

WATER QUALITY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033212914     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04198.x     Document Type: Article

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