Calibration of conceptual models for rainfall-runoff simulation |
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| Authors: | S K JAIN |
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| Institution: | National Institute of Hydrology , Roorkee , 247 667 , India |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Conceptual mathematical models are a useful tool for rainfallrunoff modelling of a basin. The calibration of such models has attracted the attention of a number of hydrologists since unique and optimal parameters are difficult to obtain. The calibration of a conceptual model is discussed through a simple conceptual model whose parameters are determined using a search technique. It is shown that the optimization algorithm converges to a global optimum even when the errors in the initial parameters are quite significant and the input environment is noisy. |
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