Probabilities for ensemble forecasts reflecting climate information

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-23

  Stedinger, Jery R ^a   Kim, Young Oh ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian update; Climate forecast; Ensemble Streamflow Prediction; Probability adjustment; Scenario; Schaake shuffle

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; SCENARIO; SCHAAKE SHUFFLE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77956186546     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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