Sensitivity of streamflow simulations to temporal variability and estimation of Z-R relationship

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1177-1186

  Habib, Emad ^a   Malakpet, Chakradhar G ^a   Tokay, Ali ^b,c   Kucera, Paul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Rainfall; Runoff; Simulation; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RANDOM ERRORS; REFLECTION; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

BIAS REMOVALS; CLIMATOLOGICAL SCALES; DATA PAIRS; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITIES; DISDROMETER; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODELS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MULTIPLIER COEFFICIENTS; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRACTICAL METHODS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RUNOFF SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; TEMPORAL SCALES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RADAR; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 56449101540     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:12(1177)     Document Type: Article

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