Calibration of hydrological models in ungauged basins based on satellite radar altimetry observations of river water level

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3524-3537

  Sun, Wenchao ^a   Ishidaira, Hiroshi ^b   Bastola, Satish ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; GLUE; Hydrological model; Radar altimetry; Ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; CALIBRATION DATA; DATA SCREENING; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER SET; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIVER WATER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RADAR; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; TEMPORAL COVERAGE; TOPEX/POSEIDON; UNGAUGED BASINS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; GLUES; GLUING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN; CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; STREAMFLOW; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867853077     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8429     Document Type: Article

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