The distributed model intercomparison project (DMIP): Motivation and experiment design

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 298, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 4-26

  Smith, Michael B ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Koren, Victor I ^a   Reed, Seann M ^a   Zhang, Ziya ^a   Duan, Qingyun ^a   Moreda, Fekadu ^a   Cong, Shuzheng ^a  

^a Office of Hydrologic Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed model; Forecast; Hydrologic model; Lumped model; Model comparison; Rainfall runoff; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADAR; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA SETS; OPERATIONAL RIVER FORECASTING;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN;

EID: 4143059262     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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