Catchment-scale rainfall-streamflow modelling: Utility versus process understanding

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 336, Issue , 2010, Pages 257-263

  Littlewood, Ian G ^a  

^a Didcot   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Plynlimon; Precision; Prediction in ungauged basins (PUB); Regionalisation; Uncertainty; Wye at Cefn Brwyn, UK

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; PLYNLIMON; PRECISION; PREDICTION IN UNGAUGED BASINS (PUB); REGIONALISATION; UNCERTAINTY; WYE AT CEFN BRWYN, UK;

RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECISION; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CEREDIGION; PLYNLIMON; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79551570331     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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