Validity of first-order approximations to describe parameter uncertainty in soil hydrologic models

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1740-1751

  Vrugt, Jasper A ^a   Bouten, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

NONLINEARITY;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; RETENTION; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036852121     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1740     Document Type: Article

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