Hydrological model uncertainty assessment in southern Africa

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 221-232

  Hughes, D A ^a   Kapangaziwiri, E ^a   Sawunyama, T ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A priori parameter estimation; Hydrological models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; DATA SCARCITY; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RESOURCES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTER-DEPENDENCIES; MODEL RESPONSE; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PARAMETER VALUES; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; PRIORI PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY ESTIMATE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SETTING PARAMETERS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME STEP; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; USER ATTITUDES; WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FLOW MODELING; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 78049281362     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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