Regularized calibration of a distributed hydrological model using available information about watershed properties and signature measures

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 333, Issue , 2009, Pages 20-25

  Pokhrel, Prafulla ^a   Gupta, Hoshin V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological model; Multicriteria optimization; Parameter estimation; Regularization

Indexed keywords

BLUE RIVER; CALIBRATION PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; ILL-CONDITIONED; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; OKLAHOMA; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; REAL SYSTEMS; REGULARIZATION; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; METAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; WATERSHEDS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGULATORY APPROACH; RIVER BASIN;

BLUE BASIN; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751676415     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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