Parameter identification and calibration of the Xin'anjiang model using the surrogate modeling approach

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-281

  Ye, Yan ^a,e   Song, Xiaomeng ^b,c   Zhang, Jianyun ^b,c   Kong, Fanzhe ^d   Ma, Guangwen ^e  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

multi objective optimization; parameter calibration; surrogate modeling; Xin'anjiang model

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

EID: 84900346397     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-014-0424-0     Document Type: Article

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