A multistep automatic calibration scheme for river forecasting models

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 524-542

  Hogue, Terri S ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Gupta, Hoshin ^a   Holz, Andrea ^b   Braatz, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NOAA/National Weather Service   (United States)

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EID: 0034348590     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0524:AMACSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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