Precipitation or evapotranspiration? Bayesian analysis of potential error sources in the simulation of sub-basin discharges in the Czech Elbe River basin

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-661

  Conradt, Tobias ^a   Koch, Hagen ^a,b   Hattermann, Fred F ^a   Wechsung, Frank ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian uncertainty analysis; Elbe River basin; Error signature; Error sources; MCMC; Metropolis algorithm; Spatial calibration; Spatially distributed hydrological modelling; SWIM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865444049     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0280-y     Document Type: Article

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