Statistical analysis of error propagation from radar rainfall to hydrological models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1445-1453

  Zhu, D ^a   Peng, D Z ^b   Cluckie, I D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ERROR MODEL; TEMPORAL DEPENDENCE;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CATCHMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW;

ENGLAND; MEDWAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879097716     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1445-2013     Document Type: Article

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