Identification and Quantification of Uncertainties in a Hydrodynamic River Model Using Expert Opinions

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 601-622

  Warmink, Jord J ^a   van der Klis, Hanneke ^b   Booij, Martijn J ^a   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert opinion; Hydraulic roughness; Pedigree analysis; River modelling; River Rhine; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

EXPERT OPINION; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; RIVER MODELLING; RIVER RHINE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

RHINE RIVER;

EID: 78751567873     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9716-7     Document Type: Article

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