Generation of Ensemble Streamflow Forecasts Using an Enhanced Version of the Snowmelt Runoff Model

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-655

  Harshburger, Brian J ^a   Walden, Von P ^b   Humes, Karen S ^b   Moore, Brandon C ^b   Blandford, Troy R ^c   Rango, Albert ^d  

^a Aniuk Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Department of Water Resources ^*  (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble streamflow forecasting; Quantitative modeling; Snow hydrology; Surface water hydrology; Water supply

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE MODELS; LEAD TIME; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PEAK FLOWS; PERCENTAGE OF VOLUME; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SKILL SCORE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; SNOWMELT-DOMINATED BASINS; SNOWPACK TELEMETRIES; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER DEMAND; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PEAK FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864506922     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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