Elements of a flexible approach for conceptual hydrological modeling: 2. Application and experimental insights

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kavetski, Dmitri ^a   Fenicia, Fabrizio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; COMPETING MODELS; DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES; ESTIMATED MODEL; FIXED STRUCTURE; FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK; GENERIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL STATE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTIONS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL RELIABILITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; PRECISION; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; THRESHOLD;

EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 81755187120     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010748     Document Type: Article

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