Scientific verification of deterministic river stage forecasts

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 507-520

  Welles, Edwin ^a,c   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c Deltares USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; HINDCASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649496565     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1022.1     Document Type: Article

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