Discretization scale dependencies of the ensemble flow range versus catchment area relationship in distributed hydrologic modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 242-257

  Carpenter, Theresa M ^a,b   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a,b  

^a HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrologic modeling; Flow simulation; Simulation uncertainty; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODELING; FLOW SIMULATION; SIMULATION UNCERTAINITY; SPATIAL SCALING;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; SIMULATION;

EID: 33746915717     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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