Evaluation of the parameter sensitivities of a coupled land surface hydrologic model at a critical zone observatory

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 279-299

  Shi, Yuning ^a   Davis, Kenneth J ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Duffy, Christopher J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Hydrologic models; Land surface model; Optimization; Parameterization; Sensitivity studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894027845     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0177.1     Document Type: Article

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