Comparison of model evaluation methods to develop a comprehensive watershed simulation model

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2492-2501

  Muleta, Misgana ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation models; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; BAY WATERSHEDS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION; CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIFORNIA; CPU TIME; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DYNAMICALLY DIMENSIONED SEARCH; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; EFFECTIVE PLANNING; ENDANGERED PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; INPUT DATAS; INTEGRAL PART; MAKING DECISION; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL EVALUATION; OBSERVED DATA; ONE-FACTOR; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PROBLEM SIZE; QUALITY ANALYSIS; SCREENING METHODS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION MODELS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; SWAT MODEL; WATERSHED SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77954983122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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