Parameter optimization and uncertainty analysis for plot-scale continuous modeling of runoff using a formal Bayesian approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-93

  Laloy, E ^a   Fasbender, D ^a   Bielders, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous runoff model; DREAM; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Parameter optimization; Parameter uncertainty; Residuals autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; CALIBRATED MODEL; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CONTINUOUS MODELING; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; EFFICIENCY CRITERIA; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; HYDROGRAPHS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; REASONABLE VALUE; RUNOFF MODEL; UNCERTAINTY INTERVALS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; VALIDATION PERIODS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; CONTROL THEORY; CORRELATION DETECTORS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMASKS; RUNOFF; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71849088035     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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