Impact of temporal data resolution on parameter inference and model identification in conceptual hydrological modeling: Insights from an experimental catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kavetski, Dmitri ^a   Fenicia, Fabrizio ^b,c   Clark, Martyn P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; COMPLEX MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DATA RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL BASIN; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IDENTIFIABILITY; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUXEMBOURG; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PARAMETER INFERENCE; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RESIDUAL ERROR; SLOW FLOW; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TEMPORAL DATA; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; TIME-STEPPING;

CATCHMENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RUNOFF; TIME MEASUREMENT;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

EID: 79955964338     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009525     Document Type: Article

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