Quantifying the water balance in a planar hillslope plot: Effects of measurement errors on flow prediction

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 191-202

  Kampf, Stephanie K ^a   Burges, Stephen J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental plot; Measurement uncertainty; Model uncertainty; Physically based modeling; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPENSATING ERRORS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DISCHARGE PREDICTIONS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY BUDGETS; FLOW PREDICTION; GROUND SURFACES; HILLSLOPES; HYDRUS-2D; LAND SURFACE; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; ON FLOW; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RAIN GAUGES; SEATTLE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIPPING BUCKET; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW; WATER BALANCE; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORECASTING; GAGES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SIMULATORS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TIME SERIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINGAUGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 71849115207     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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