Evaluating the ability of a hydrologic model to replicate hydro-ecologically relevant indicators

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4294-4310

  Shrestha, Rajesh R ^a   Peters, Daniel L ^a   Schnorbus, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indicators of hydrologic alteration; Model evaluation; Modelling uncertainties; Water resource indicators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFINED FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DOWNSCALING METHODS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; INDICATORS OF HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION (IHA); MODEL EVALUATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

SALIX;

EID: 84903741352     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9997     Document Type: Article

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