Feasibility and uncertainty of using conceptual rainfallrunoff models in design flood estimation

Hydrology Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 701-717

  Zeng, Qiang ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^a,b   Jie, Meng Xuan ^a   Hou, Yu Kun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continuous simulation; Flood frequency; GLUE; HBV model; L moments; Xinanjiang model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GLUES; GLUING; LAND USE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HBV MODEL; L-MOMENTS; XIN-ANJIANG MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84982796227     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2015.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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