Multiresponse, multiobjective calibration as a diagnostic tool to compare accuracy and structural limitations of five coupled soil-plant models and CLM3.5

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8200-8221

  Wöhling, Thomas ^a,b   Gayler, Sebastian ^a   Priesack, Eckart ^c   Ingwersen, Joachim ^d   Wizemann, Hans Dieter ^d   Högy, Petra ^d   Cuntz, Matthias ^e   Attinger, Sabine ^a,e   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a,d   Streck, Thilo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; EVOLUTIONARY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE CALIBRATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; KRAICHGAU; SWABIAN ALB;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84896725758     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014536     Document Type: Article

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