Regional water balance modelling using flow-duration curves with observational uncertainties

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2993-3013

  Westerberg, I K ^a,b,c   Gong, L ^b   Beven, K J ^b,d   Seibert, J ^b,e   Semedo, A ^b,f   Xu, C Y ^b,g   Halldin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Base Naval de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

BEHAVIOURAL SIMULATIONS; CONSTRAINING MODELS; DATA INCONSISTENCIES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; SIMULATION RELIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; REGIONALIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84925358929     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2993-2014     Document Type: Article

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