The distributed model intercomparison project - Phase 2: Motivation and design of the Oklahoma experiments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 418-419, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Smith, Michael B ^a   Koren, Victor ^a   Reed, Seann ^a   Zhang, Ziya ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Moreda, Fekadu ^b   Cui, Zhengtao ^a   Mizukami, Naoki ^a   Anderson, Eric A ^a   Cosgrove, Brian A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel routing; Distributed hydrologic model; Hillslope routing; Lumped model; Rainfall runoff; Streamflow simulation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ROUTING; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; HILLSLOPE ROUTING; LUMPED MODEL; RAINFALL RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTIVATION; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRUM; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856064682     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.055     Document Type: Article

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