Uncertainty analysis of hydrological model parameters based on the bootstrap method: A case study of the SWAT model applied to the Dongliao River Watershed, Jilin Province, Northeastern China

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 219-229

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Lu, Wenxi ^a   Chu, Haibo ^a   Cheng, Weiguo ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

bootstrap; hydrological model; parameters; SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool); uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

BOOTSTRAP; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY PARAMETERS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892837012     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-013-5385-0     Document Type: Article

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