Selection of hydrologic modeling approaches for climate change assessment: A comparison of model scale and structures

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-248

  Surfleet, Christopher G ^a   Tullos, Desirèe ^a   Chang, Heejun ^b   Jung, Il Won ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GSFLOW; Hydrologic model; Hydrologic model parameterization; PRMS; Uncertainty assessment; VIC

Indexed keywords

GSFLOW; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; PRMS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; VIC;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW REGULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866158405     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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