A trading-space-for-time approach to probabilistic continuous streamflow predictions in a changing climate-accounting for changing watershed behavior

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3591-3603

  Singh, R ^a   Wagener, T ^a   Van Werkhoven, K ^b   Mann, M E ^c   Crane, R ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b SYSTECH WATER RESOURCES INC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC REGIMES; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; FUTURE CLIMATE; HISTORICAL DATA; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SCIENCE; LOW FLOW CONDITION; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SINGLE LOCATION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; TIME-PERIODS; UNGAUGED BASINS; WATERSHED MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDITY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOW FLOW; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455198933     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3591-2011     Document Type: Article

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