Evaluation of statistical models for forecast errors from the HBV model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 142-155

  Engeland, Kolbjørn ^a   Renard, Benjamin ^b   Steinsland, Ingelin ^a,c   Kolberg, Sjur ^a  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Error model; Forecast error; Model evaluation; Rainfall runoff model

Indexed keywords

AUTO REGRESSIVE MODELS; BIAS ESTIMATION; BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; ERROR MODEL; FIRST ORDER; FORECAST DISTRIBUTION; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST INTERVAL; HBV MODEL; MEAN ERRORS; MEDIAN VALUE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; STATISTICAL MODELS; THREE MODELS; TIME MODEL; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

ERRORS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RUNOFF; SIGNAL ENCODING;

FORECASTING;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

NORWAY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77649337515     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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