Sensitivity analysis, calibration, and testing of a distributed hydrological model using error-based weighting and one objective function

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Foglia, L ^a   Hill, M C ^b   Mehl, S W ^c   Burlando, P ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; DATA TYPE; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DRAINAGE AREA; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LOCAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; NONUNIQUENESS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER CORRELATION; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PRIOR INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SWITZERLAND;

CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MAGGIA VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 72149118723     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007255     Document Type: Article

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