Deriving probabilistic regional envelope curves with two pooling methods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 14-26

  Guse, Björn ^a,b   Thieken, Annegret H ^b   Castellarin, Attilio ^c   Merz, Bruno ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Pooling methods; Probabilistic regional envelope curves; Region of Influence; Saxony Germany; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

GERMANY; REGION OF INFLUENCE; REGION OF INFLUENCES; REGIONAL ENVELOPE CURVES; SAXONY - GERMANY;

CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; RUNOFF;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; GAUGE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 72149125624     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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