Comparing large-scale hydrological model predictions with observed streamflow in the Pacific Northwest: Effects of climate and groundwater

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2501-2521

  Safeeq, Mohammad ^a   Mauger, Guillaume S ^b   Grant, Gordon E ^c   Arismendi, Ivan ^a   Hamlet, Alan F ^d   Lee, Se Yeun ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Model errors; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84915796445     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0198.1     Document Type: Article

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