Uncertainty of Hydrological Predictions

Treatise on Water Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 459-478

  Montanari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence bands; Hydrological forecasting; Hydrological modeling; Reliability; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998693655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53199-5.00045-2     Document Type: Chapter

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