Simplifying a hydrological ensemble prediction system with a backward greedy selection of members-Part 1: Optimization criteria

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3307-3325

  Brochero, D ^a   Anctil, F ^a   Gagne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; K FOLD CROSS VALIDATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL ENSEMBLE PREDICTIONS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; REAL-TIME FORECASTS;

HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880544136     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3307-2011     Document Type: Article

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