Multi-site calibration, validation, and sensitivity analysis of the MIKE SHE Model for a large watershed in northern China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4621-4632

  Wang, S ^a   Zhang, Z ^b   Sun, G ^c   Strauss, P ^d   Guo, J ^b   Tang, Y ^b   Yao, A ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Federal Agency for Water Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROTOCOLS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; MULTI-SITE CALIBRATION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENTS;

GROUNDWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CHAOHE BASIN; CHINA;

EID: 84870871114     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4621-2012     Document Type: Article

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