Diagnostic evaluation of multiple hypotheses of hydrological behaviour in a limits-of-acceptability framework for 24 UK catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 6135-6150

  Coxon, G ^a   Freer, J ^a   Wagener, T ^a   Odoni, N A ^a   Clark, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge uncertainty; Flexible modelling frameworks; Limits of acceptability; Model diagnostics; Signatures

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CONCEPTUAL HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LIMITS OF ACCEPTABILITY; MODEL DIAGNOSTICS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; SIGNATURES;

RUNOFF;

EID: 84914148577     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10096     Document Type: Article

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