Automatic calibration tool for river models based on the MHYSER software

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 879-899

  McKibbon, Justin ^a   Mahdi, Tew Fik ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Automatic fitting; Calibration parameters; MHYSER; Model independent parameter estimation; PEST; River models; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE;

CANADA; ROMAINE RIVER;

EID: 77956171923     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9512-y     Document Type: Article

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