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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 3, 305-307, 1999
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Hydrograph Prediction - How much skill?

M. Beran
OB Research Services, The Croft, East Hagbourne, Didcot, Oxon OX11 9LS
e-mail for corresponding author: max@oldboot.demon.co.uk

Abstract. The matching of estimated to observed hydrograph shape is central to much hydrological analysis. This research note quantifies built-in biases that tend to inflate goodness of fit indicies, biases that arise from the similarity of geometry between observed and estimated hydrographs.

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Citation: Beran, M.: Hydrograph Prediction - How much skill?, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 3, 305-307, doi:10.5194/hess-3-305-1999, 1999.   Bibtex   EndNote   Reference Manager    XML