Bayesian calibration of a flood inundation model using spatial data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hall, Jim W ^a   Manning, Lucy J ^b   Hankin, Robin K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN CALIBRATION; BAYESIAN PROCEDURES; BAYESIAN THEORY; BEST MODEL; CALIBRATION DATA; COHERENT FRAMEWORKS; COMPUTER MODELS; FLOOD MODELS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; MODEL CALIBRATION; MULTIPLE SOURCE; OBSERVATION ERRORS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; RIVER THAMES; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL OBSERVATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FLOOD CONTROL; FORECASTING;

CALIBRATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860316445     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008541     Document Type: Article

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