Sensitivity analysis for an infiltration-runoff model with parameter uncertainty

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 671-679

  Fu, Xiang ^a   Chu, Xuefeng ^b   Tan, Guangming ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

First order second moment method; Fourier amplitude sensitivity test; HYDROL INF; Parameter uncertainty; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001760422     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000243     Document Type: Article

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