On the value of glacier mass balances for hydrological model calibration

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 238-246

  Konz, Markus ^a   Seibert, Jan ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balances; HBV model; Model calibration; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HBV MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IF THERE ARE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MASS BALANCE; MODEL APPLICATION; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; PARAMETER SET; PREDICTIVE POWER; REMOTE AREAS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOURCE REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SIMULATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77950954814     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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