Uncertainty analysis of a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-484

  Thompson, Aaron ^a   Guo, Yiping ^b   Moin, Syed ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c International Joint Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

First order second moment; Hydrodynamic modeling; Monte Carlo; St. Lawrence River; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WATER LEVELS;

FIRST ORDER SECOND MOMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 53649095317     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[472:UAOATH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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