A recommended calibration and validation strategy for hydrologic and water quality models

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1705-1719

  Daggupati, P ^a   Pai, N ^b   Ale, S ^c   Douglas Mankin, K R ^d   Zeckoski, R W ^e   Jeong, J ^c   Parajuli, P B ^f   Saraswat, D ^g   Youssef, M A ^h  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stone Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e Mississippi State University ^*  (United States)

^f Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Box 7625   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Guidelines; Hydrologic modeling; Strategy; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; MODEL APPLICATION; STRATEGY; VALIDATION; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

WATER QUALITY;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84945894129     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.58.10712     Document Type: Article

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