Assessing hydrological model predictive uncertainty using stochastically generated geological models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 4293-4311

  He, Xin ^a   Højberg, Anker Lajer ^a   Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Refsgaard, Jens Christian ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AEM data; Hydrological model; MIKE SHE; Representative elementary scale (RES); SkyTEM data; Stochastic geological models; TProGS; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; DATA STREAMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

AEM DATA; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIKE SHE; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY SCALE; SKYTEM DATA; TPROGS; UNCERTAINTY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; MIDTJYLLAND; NORSMINDE FJORD BASIN;

EID: 84939651614     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10488     Document Type: Article

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