A limits of acceptability approach to model evaluation and uncertainty estimation in flood frequency estimation by continuous simulation: Skalka catchment, Czech Republic

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Blazkova, Sarka ^a   Beven, Keith ^b,c,d  

^a T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MODEL; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAM SAFETY; FLOOD DISCHARGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY PREDICTION; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; FLOW DURATION; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL SPACES; MONTE CARLO MODEL; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETER SET; PARAMETER VALUES; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SUB-CATCHMENT; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; MODEL STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENT; DAM; DISCHARGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SKALKA BASIN;

EID: 72149085715     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006726     Document Type: Article

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