Sensitivity of conceptual and physically based hydrologic models to temporal and spatial rainfall sampling

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 711-720

  Meselhe, E A ^a   Habib, E H ^a   Oche, O C ^a   Gautam, S ^a  

^a University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Mississippi; Rainfall runoff relationships; Sampling; Sensitivity analysis; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE AREA; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MIKE SHE; MISSISSIPPI; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHYSICALLY BASED; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIPS; RUNOFF PREDICTION; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL SAMPLING; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TEMPORAL SAMPLING;

GAGES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

SAMPLING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GOODWIN CREEK; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649097311     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2009)14:7(711)     Document Type: Article

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