Ensemble combination of seasonal streamflow forecasts

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Najafi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Moradkhani, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; EXPECTATION - MAXIMIZATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INFORMATION CRITERION; MULTI-MODEL COMBINATION; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951320469     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001250     Document Type: Article

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