On selection of the optimal data time interval for real-time hydrological forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3639-3659

  Liu, J ^a,b   Han, D ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE;

CATCHMENTS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; LOW PASS FILTERS; RAIN; RESEARCH; RUNOFF;

FORECASTING;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TELEMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885129944     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-3639-2013     Document Type: Article

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