Smiling in the rain: Seven reasons to be positive about uncertainty in hydrological modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1117-1122

  Juston, John M ^a   Kauffeldt, Anna ^b   Montano, Beatriz Quesada ^b,c   Seibert, Jan ^b,d,e   Beven, Keith J ^b,f,g   Westerberg, Ida K ^b,h  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data; Decision; Education; Hydrological modelling; Models; Support; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877923787     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9625     Document Type: Article

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