Calibrating a spatially distributed conceptual hydrological model using runoff, Annual mass balance and winter mass balance

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 478, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-49

  Mayr, Elisabeth ^a   Hagg, Wilfried ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Braun, Ludwig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptual hydrological models; Glacier mass balance; Multi objective calibration

Indexed keywords

ABLATION AREA; ABLATION PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GOODNESS OF FIT; HEAT WAVES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MASS BALANCE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE CALIBRATION; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; RANDOM PARAMETERS; VALIDATION PERIODS;

ABLATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RANDOM ERRORS; RUNOFF;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABLATION; CALIBRATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84871720307     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.035     Document Type: Article

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