Treatment of uncertainty using ensemble methods: Comparison of sequential data assimilation and Bayesian model averaging

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Vrugt, Jasper A ^a   Robinson, Bruce A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING (BMA); HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; STATE-SPACE FILTERING;

STREAM FLOW;

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

EID: 33847624077     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004838     Document Type: Article

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