Articles | Volume 21, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-6219-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-6219-2017
Research article
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08 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 08 Dec 2017

Moment-based metrics for global sensitivity analysis of hydrological systems

Aronne Dell'Oca, Monica Riva, and Alberto Guadagnini

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (07 Aug 2017) by Bill X. Hu
AR by Aronne Dell'Oca on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Sep 2017) by Bill X. Hu
RR by Holger Class (11 Sep 2017)
RR by Jacob Bensabat (08 Oct 2017)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Oct 2017) by Bill X. Hu
AR by Aronne Dell'Oca on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2017)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We propose new metrics to assist global sensitivity analysis of Earth systems. Our approach allows assessing the impact of model parameters on the first four statistical moments of a target model output, allowing us to ascertain which parameters can affect some moments of the model output pdf while being uninfluential to others. Our approach is fully compatible with analysis in the context of model complexity reduction, design of experiment, uncertainty quantification and risk assessment.