Identification of the best multi-model combination for simulating river discharge

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 313-325

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Singh, R ^a   Jena, Prachi Pratyasha ^a   Chatterjee, Chandranath ^a   Mishra, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ensemble modeling; Ensemble skill; Ensemble spread; Quantile regression; ROC curve; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ENSEMBLE MODELING; ENSEMBLE SKILL; ENSEMBLE SPREAD; QUANTILE REGRESSION; ROC CURVES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIA; MAHANADI RIVER;

EID: 84926506677     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.060     Document Type: Article

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