A method for identifying sources of model uncertainty in rainfall-runoff simulations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 68-80

  Gourley, Jonathan J ^a   Vieux, Baxter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrology; Ensemble forecasting; Modeling; Radar; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; RUNOFF;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PEAK DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BLUE RIVER [OKLAHOMA]; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745991804     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.036     Document Type: Article

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