A conceptual grey rainfall-runoff model for simulation with uncertainty

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Alvisi, Stefano ^a   Bernini, Anna ^a   Franchini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grey numbers; Rainfall runoff model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873604558     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2012.069     Document Type: Article

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