A probabilistic wavelet-support vector regression model for streamflow forecasting with rainfall and climate information input

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2209-2229

  Liu, Zhiyong ^a   Zhou, Ping ^b   Zhang, Yinqin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Ensembles; Forecasting; Neural networks; Probability forecasts models distribution; Runoff

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; DONGJIANG BASIN; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84945467223     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0210.1     Document Type: Article

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