Assessing the Role of Parameter and Input Uncertainty in Ecohydrologic Modeling: Implications for a Semi-arid and Urbanizing Coastal California Catchment

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 775-791

  Shields, Catherine A ^a   Tague, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Modeling; Plant water interactions; Semiarid; Sensitivity analysis; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DATA QUALITY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER USE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864744054     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9545-z     Document Type: Article

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