Estimation of a Unique Pair of Nash Model Parameters: An Optimization Approach

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2971-2989

  Ahmad, Muhammad Masood ^a   Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^b   Hashmi, Hashim Nisar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic parameter; Nash model; Rainfall runoff; Runoff hydrograph; Storage coefficient

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION PHENOMENA; FLOW EFFECTS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; INDUS RIVER; LIMITED DATA; LINEAR CASCADE; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESULTS; NASH MODELS; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PAKISTAN; PEAK DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEMI-ARID REGION; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; TORRENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER STORAGE;

INDUS RIVER; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77956172922     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9590-3     Document Type: Article

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