A PCM-based stochastic hydrological model for uncertainty quantification in watershed systems

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 915-927

  Fan, Y R ^a   Huang, W ^b   Huang, G H ^a,c   Huang, K ^a   Zhou, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrologic model; Monte Carlo; Probabilistic collocation method; Uncertainty; Water resources

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

GAUSSIAN RANDOM VARIABLE; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS EXPANSION (PCE); PROBABILISTIC COLLOCATION METHOD; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84925506227     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0954-8     Document Type: Article

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