On the value of experimental data to reduce the prediction uncertainty of a process-oriented catchment model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-32

  Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^a   Sieber, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hydrogeology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; Flood modelling; GLUE; Model validation; Multi response data; TACD model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; MELTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SNOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SNOWMELT; TRACER AIDED CATCHMENT MODEL;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 4344601356     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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