Multi-site evaluation to reduce parameter uncertainty in a conceptual hydrological modeling within the glue framework

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-73

  Lin, Kairong ^a   Liu, Pan ^a   He, Yanhu ^b   Guo, Shenglian ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GLUE; Multi site evaluation; Parameter uncertainty; Scem UA; Xinanjiang model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897538527     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2013.204     Document Type: Article

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