Combining single-value streamflow forecasts - A review and guidelines for selecting techniques

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 377, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 284-299

  Jeong, Dae Il ^a   Kim, Young Oh ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bias; Combining forecasts; Cross correlation; Forecast error variance; Hydrologic forecasting; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

BIAS; COMBINING FORECASTS; CROSS CORRELATION; FORECAST ERROR VARIANCE; HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING; STATIONARITY;

ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW;

FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; GUIDELINE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SAMPLING BIAS; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 70349765658     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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