On the sources of hydrological prediction uncertainty in the Amazon

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3127-3137

  Paiva, R C D ^a,b   Collischonn, W ^a   Bonnet, M P ^b,d   De Goncalves L G G ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RIVER; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DRY SEASONS; ENERGY AND WATER BALANCE; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOOD-PLAINS; FORCINGS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; HINDCASTS; HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LEAD TIME; LOCAL POPULATIONS; LOW FLOW; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL STATE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; STATE VARIABLES; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; TRMM 3B42;

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RAIN GAGES; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84866132475     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3127-2012     Document Type: Article

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