Development and comparison in uncertainty assessment based Bayesian modularization method in hydrological modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 384-394

  Li, Lu ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,b   Engeland, Kolbjørn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

High flows; Hydrological model; Modularization Bayesian; Uncertainty assessment; WASMOD

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; WASMOD;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; HYDROLOGY; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREAM FLOW;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875494514     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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