Using synthetic flow duration curves for rainfall-runoff model calibration at ungauged sites

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-133

  Yu, Pao Shan ^a   Yang, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Global optimization method; HBV model; Model calibration; Regional flow duration curve; Ungauged sites

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD; REGIONAL FLOW DURATION CURVE; SYNTHETIC FLOW DURATION; UNGAUGED SITES;

FLOW OF WATER;

CALIBRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034103492     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(200001)14:1<117::AID-HYP914>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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