Quantifying parameter uncertainty and assessing the skill of exponential dispersion rainfall simulation models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 746-757

  Gronewold, Andrew D ^a   Stow, Craig A ^a   Crooks, James L ^b   Hunter, Timothy S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential dispersion model; Great Lakes; MCMC; Parameter uncertainty; Rainfall dynamics

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL DISPERSION MODELS; GREAT LAKES; MCMC; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; RAINFALL DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMICS; LAKES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; TIME SERIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84873523826     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3469     Document Type: Article

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