What we see now: Event-persistence and the predictability of hydro-eco-geomorphological systems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 298, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-15

  Beven, Keith ^a,b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemic uncertainty; Event persistence; Event sequences; Self organisation; Shallow landslide model

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EVENT PERSISTENCE; EVENT SEQUENCE; SELF ORGANISATION; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85027938262     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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