Hydrological field data from a modeller's perspective: Part 2: Process-based evaluation of model hypotheses

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-543

  Clark, Martyn P ^a   McMillan, Hilary K ^b   Collins, Daniel B G ^b   Kavetski, Dmitri ^c   Woods, Ross A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Evaluation; Hydrology; Model structure; Multi model; Process based

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; COMMUNITY IS; COMPETING MODELS; CURRENT GENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EVALUATION; FLOW DATA; HYDROLOGICAL FIELDS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL SELECTION; MULTI-MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; PARAMETER VALUES; PROCESS-BASED; RIVER BASINS; STORM FLOW; SUB-GRIDS; SUB-SURFACES; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION; TWO-PART SERIES; VERTICAL DRAINAGE;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; HYDROLOGY; MODEL STRUCTURES; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 79551470831     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7902     Document Type: Article

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