Effect of temporal and spatial rainfall resolution on hspf predictive performance and parameter estimation

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Mohamoud, Yusuf M ^a   Prieto, Lourdes M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

HSPF; Model performance; Parameter estimation; Spatial resolution; Temporal resolution; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

HSPF; MODEL PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATERSHED MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAGES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN GAGES; RATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859326395     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000457     Document Type: Article

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