Fitting of hydrologic models: A close look at the nash-sutcliffe index

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 981-986

  Jain, Sharad K ^a   Sudheer, K P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROLOGIC MODELING; NASH-SUTCLIFFE EFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 52649120830     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:10(981)     Document Type: Article

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