Use of soil moisture observations to improve parameter consistency in watershed calibration

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 1068-1080

  Koren, Victor ^a   Moreda, Fekadu ^a   Smith, Michael ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Optimization criteria; Parameter consistency; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PERMITTIVITY; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; HEAT-TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL EVALUATION; OKLAHOMA; OPERATIONAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; PARAMETER CONSISTENCY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTIES; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; HYDROGRAPH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 52949107202     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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