Hydrological modelling of the Chaohe Basin in China: Statistical model formulation and Bayesian inference

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 340, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 167-182

  Yang, Jing ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a   Abbaspour, Karim C ^a   Yang, Hong ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregate parameters; Bayesian inference; Continuous time autoregressive error model; MCMC; SWAT; Uncertainty analysis; UNCSIM; Watershed model calibration

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE PARAMETERS; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CONTINUOUS-TIME AUTOREGRESSIVE ERROR MODEL; WATERSHED MODEL CALIBRATION;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARID REGION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHAOHE BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250670714     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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