Modeling residual hydrologic errors with Bayesian inference

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 528, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-37

  Smith, Tyler ^a   Marshall, Lucy ^b   Sharma, Ashish ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Formal likelihood function; Rainfall runoff modeling; Residual error

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; INFERENCE ENGINES; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESIDUAL ERROR; RESIDUAL ERROR MODELS; SPECIFICATION FRAMEWORKS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARRAY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; BLACK BASIN [QUEENSLAND]; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84935016150     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.051     Document Type: Article

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