Use of paired simple and complex models to reduce predictive bias and quantify uncertainty

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Doherty, John ^a,b   Christensen, Steen ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Watermark Numerical Computing   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EXAMPLE BASED; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL SIMPLIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY SITES; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS;

CALIBRATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84855414380     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010763     Document Type: Article

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