Input data resolution-induced uncertainty in watershed modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2302-2312

  Patil, Abhijit ^a   Deng, Zhi Qiang ^a   Malone, Ronald F ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

HSPF model; Landuse; Rainfall; Spatial resolution; Temperature; Temporal scale; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GENERAL EXTREME VALUES; HSPF MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; INPUT DATAS; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; NITRATE NITROGEN; POWER LAW RELATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RAINFALL DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL-SCALE; TIME INTERVAL; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; UNCERTAINTY; WATER QUALITY MODELLING; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATERSHED MODELLING;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; LANDFORMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; THERMAL LOGGING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINFALL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 79959989545     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8018     Document Type: Article

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