Data-based mechanistic modelling of stochastic rainfall-flow processes by state dependent parameter estimation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Ochieng', G M ^a   Otieno, F A O ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Catchment; Hydrological modelling; Nonlinearity; Rainfall flow; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; NONLINEARITY; RAINFALL-FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; NONLINEARITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; TIME SERIES; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 53149102803     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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