Ensemble forecasting of sub-seasonal to seasonal streamflow by a Bayesian joint probability modelling approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 839-849

  Zhao, Tongtiegang ^a   Schepen, Andrew ^a   Wang, Q J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antecedent streamflow; Climatic index; Forecast accuracy; Forecast reliability; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATIC INDEX; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECAST RELIABILITY; SEASONAL FORECASTS; STATISTICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW FORECAST;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84981727337     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.040     Document Type: Article

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