Utility of different data types for calibrating flood inundation models within a GLUE framework

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 412-430

  Hunter, Neil M ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a   Horritt, Matthew S ^a   de Roo, P J ^b   Werner, Micha G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Floods; Hydraulic modelling; Model calibration; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644579703     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-9-412-2005     Document Type: Article

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