Dealing with uncertainty in ecosystem model scenarios: Application of the single-model ensemble approach

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 360-370

  Gal, Gideon ^a   Makler Pick, Vardit ^b   Shachar, Noam ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

DYRESM CAEDYM; Lake Kinneret; Management scenarios; Model uncertainty; Single model ensemble

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES;

DYRESM-CAEDYM; LAKE KINNERET; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; SINGLE MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 84908115331     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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