Implications of parameter uncertainty on soil moisture drought analysis in Germany

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-68

  Samaniego, Luis ^a   Kumar, Rohini ^a   Zink, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; Ensembles; Hydrologic models; Optimization; Parameterization; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84875019607     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-075.1     Document Type: Article

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