Using water balance model output to represent initial catchment conditions in statistical forecasting of seasonal streamflows

34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1482-1489

  Robertson, D E ^a   Wang, Q J ^a   Pagano, T C ^a   Hapuarachchi, H A P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Seasonal streamflow forecasting; Water balance modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; HYDRAULICS; RUNOFF;

MONTHLY WATER BALANCE MODEL; PREDICTOR SELECTIONS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; STATISTICAL FORECASTING; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 84864296595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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