Predictability of low flow - An assessment with simulation experiments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 1383-1393

  Staudinger, Maria ^a   Seibert, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ensemble streamflow prediction; Low flow; Reverse ensemble streamflow prediction; Streamflow predictability

Indexed keywords

LOW FLOW; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; LOW FLOW; METEOROLOGY; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; WATER STORAGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84907963854     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.061     Document Type: Article

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