Method for assessing impacts of parameter uncertainty in sediment transport modeling applications

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-636

  Ruark, Morgan D ^a   Niemann, Jeffrey D ^b   Greimann, Blair P ^c   Arabi, Mazdak ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Parameters; Sediment transport; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; FIRST-ORDER; FLUME EXPERIMENT; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY TESTS; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; MODEL OUTPUTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OUTPUT VARIABLES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES; MODEL APPLICATION; MODEL FORECASTS; PARAMETER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALIBRATION; EROSION; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959239017     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000343     Document Type: Article

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