Hydrologic modeling, uncertainty, and sensitivity in the okavango basin: Insights for scenario assessment

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1767-1778

  Linhoss, Anna ^a,b   Muñoz Carpena, Rafael ^b   Kiker, Gregory ^b   Hughes, Denis ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic models; Model evaluation; Parameter sensitivity; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY TESTS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MODEL EVALUATION; NON-STATIONARY CONDITION; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

OKAVANGO BASIN;

EID: 84883407317     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000755     Document Type: Article

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