Sensitivity of mean transit time estimates to model conditioning and data availability

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 980-990

  Hrachowitz, M ^a,b   Soulsby, C ^a   Tetzlaff, D ^a   Malcolm, I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model conditioning; MTT; Sampling interval; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION INTEGRALS; DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA RECORDS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MTT; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRACER; TRACER SIGNALS; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; UPLAND CATCHMENT; VARYING MODELS; WARM-UP PERIOD;

CATCHMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACER; UPLAND REGION;

HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952060258     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7922     Document Type: Article

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