Improving streamflow predictions at ungauged locations with real-time updating: Application of an EnKF-based state-parameter estimation strategy

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3923-3936

  Xie, X ^a   Meng, S ^a   Liang, S ^a,b   Yao, Y ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAL-TIME UPDATING; STATE PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION;

DATA SET; KALMAN FILTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REAL TIME; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84908052533     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3923-2014     Document Type: Article

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