Upscaling hydrological processes and land management change impacts using a metamodeling procedure

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5817-5833

  Fraser, C E ^a   Mcintyre, N ^b,c   Jackson, B M ^d,e   Wheater, H S ^b  

^a AQUALINC RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

land management; metamodel; runoff; uncertainty; upscaling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; LAND USE; RUNOFF;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; META MODEL; PHYSICS-BASED MODELING; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; PROPAGATION OF ERROR; UNCERTAINTY; UPSCALING;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; META-ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRACKING;

EID: 84883878803     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20432     Document Type: Article

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