Estimation of the uncertainty in water level forecasts at ungauged river locations using quantile regression

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-394

  Roscoe, Kathryn L ^a,b   Weerts, Albrecht H ^b   Schroevers, Marinus ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood forecasting; Interpolation; Operational water management; Quantile regression; Uncertainty; Ungauged forecast locations

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; GAUGE; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874339646     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2012.740483     Document Type: Article

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