Assessment of SWE data assimilation for ensemble streamflow predictions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 2737-2746

  Franz, Kristie J ^a   Hogue, Terri S ^b,c   Barik, Muhammad ^c   He, Minxue ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensemble streamflow prediction; Snow water equivalent; Verification

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; VERIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTERS; DATA ASSIMILATION; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; RANKED PROBABILITY SKILL SCORES; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION;

FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; HINDCASTING; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84919906860     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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