Analysing the temporal dynamics of model performance for hydrological models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 999-1018

  Reusser, D E ^a   Blume, T ^a,b   Schaefli, B ^c   Zehe, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; HEADWATER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANDES; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 73149098729     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-999-2009     Document Type: Article

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