Continuous simulation for flood estimation in ungauged mesoscale catchments of Switzerland - Part I: Modelling framework and calibration results

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 191-207

  Viviroli, Daniel ^a   Zappa, Massimiliano ^b   Schwanbeck, Jan ^a   Gurtz, Joachim ^c   Weingartner, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efficiency scores; Flood estimation; Model calibration; Precipitation runoff model; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM COMPLEXITY; AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION TASKS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; FLOOD ESTIMATION; FLOW RANGES; GLOBAL PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CATCHMENTS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY; PARAMETER SET; PRECIPITATION-RUNOFF MODEL; REPRESENTATIVITY; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SWITZERLAND; TIME STEP; VALIDATION PERIODS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; FLOW SIMULATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349297493     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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