Using multi-model averaging to improve the reliability of catchment scale nitrogen predictions

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Exbrayat, J F ^a,b   Viney, N R ^c   Frede, H G ^b   Breuer, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MITIGATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886752441     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-117-2013     Document Type: Article

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