Challenges and uncertainties in hydrological modeling of remote hindu KushKarakoramHimalayan (HKH) Basins: Suggestions for calibration strategies

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Buergi, Cyrill ^a   Immerzeel, Walter Willem ^b   Konz, Markus ^c   Shrestha, Arun B ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

energy balance modeling; enhanced temperature index melt model; glacier melt; Hunza River Basin; Hydrological modeling; model calibration; multiobjective calibration; Pakistan; TOPKAPI

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SNOW COVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

GILGIT-BALTISTAN; HINDU KUSH; HUNZA BASIN; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84858408556     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00092.1     Document Type: Article

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