Hydrological modelling using ensemble satellite rainfall estimates in a sparsely gauged river basin: The need for whole-ensemble calibration

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-122

  Skinner, J Christopher ^a   Bellerby, J Timothy ^a   Greatrex, Helen ^b,c   Grimes, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment; Hydrological; Modelling; Precipitation; Satellite; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ENSEMBLE FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STOCHASTIC RAINFALLS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920654303     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.052     Document Type: Article

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