On the assessment of the impact of reducing parameters and identification of parameter uncertainties for a hydrologic model with applications to ungauged basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 37-61

  Huang, Maoyi ^a   Liang, Xu ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface model; Model parameters; Monte Carlo; MOPEX; Simulation; Subsurface flow; Uncertainty; Ungauged watersheds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIMULATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATION EXPERIMENT (MOPEX); MODEL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY; UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIMULATION; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN;

EID: 33644518228     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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