Towards improved post-processing of hydrologic forecast ensembles

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-122

  Madadgar, Shahrbanou ^a   Moradkhani, Hamid ^a   Garen, David ^b  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Copula; Ensemble streamflow prediction; Quantile mapping

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; COPULA; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; POSTPROCESSING METHODS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STREAM FLOW;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OREGON; SPRAGUE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890312326     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9562     Document Type: Article

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