Generalized martingale model of the uncertainty evolution of streamflow forecasts

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-51

  Zhao, Tongtiegang ^a   Zhao, Jianshi ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Wang, Hao ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Forecast improvement; Forecast uncertainty; Martingale model of forecast evolution; Normal quantile transform; Rolling horizon reservoir operation

Indexed keywords

FORECAST IMPROVEMENTS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; INTERMEDIATE PERIODS; MARTINGALE MODEL OF FORECAST EVOLUTIONS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); STATISTICAL TESTS; STREAM FLOW;

FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; TRANSFORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877358392     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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