Uncertainty assessment of hydrologic and climate forecast models in Northeastern Brazil

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3875-3885

  Kwon, Hyun Han ^a   de Assis de Souza Filho, Francisco ^b   Block, Paul ^c   Sun, Liqiang ^d   Lall, Upmanu ^e   Reis, Dirceu S ^f  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e University of Brasilia ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate forecast; Hydrologic model; Streamflow forecast; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION MODEL; FORECAST SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC UNCERTAINTY; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRIMARY SOURCES; RESERVOIR OPERATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; TWO SOURCES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; WATER MANAGERS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84870504098     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8433     Document Type: Article

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