Calibration of rainfall-runoff models in ungauged basins: A regional maximum likelihood approach

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1235-1242

  Castiglioni, Simone ^a   Lombardi, Laura ^a   Toth, Elena ^a   Castellarin, Attilio ^a   Montanari, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

PUB; Rainfall runoff; Regional calibration; Spectral calibration; Ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

PUB; RAINFALL RUNOFF; REGIONAL CALIBRATION; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; UNGAUGED BASINS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RUNOFF;

CALIBRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 78049241933     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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