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A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology
A hydrological forecasting model is presented that attempts to combine the important distributed effects of channel network topology and dynamic contributing areas with the advantages of simple… Expand
The future of distributed models: model calibration and uncertainty prediction.
- K. Beven, Andrew Binley
- Geology
- 1 July 1992
This paper describes a methodology for calibration and uncertainty estimation of distributed models based on generalized likelihood measures. The GLUE procedure works with multiple sets of parameter… Expand
A manifesto for the equifinality thesis
- K. Beven
- Geology
- 30 March 2006
This essay discusses some of the issues involved in the identification and predictions of hydrological models given some calibration data. The reasons for the incompleteness of traditional… Expand
Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer
- K. Beven
- Geography
- 30 January 2012
authoritative text, first published in 2001. The book provides both a primer for the novice and detailed descriptions of techniques for more advanced practitioners, covering rainfall-runoff models… Expand
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Equifinality, data assimilation, and uncertainty estimation in mechanistic modelling of complex environmental systems using the GLUE methodology
It may be endemic to mechanistic modelling of complex environmental systems that there are many different model structures and many different parameter sets within a chosen model structure that may… Expand
Macropores and water flow in soils
- K. Beven, P. Germann
- Geology
- 1 October 1982
This paper reviews the importance of large continuous openings (macropores) on water flow in soils. The presence of macropores may lead to spatial concentrations of water flow through unsaturated… Expand
Changing ideas in hydrology — The case of physically-based models
- K. Beven
- Geology
- 30 January 1989
This paper argues that there are fundamental problems in the application of physically-based models for practical prediction in hydrology. These problems result from limitations of the model… Expand
THE PREDICTION OF HILLSLOPE FLOW PATHS FOR DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING USING DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS
- P. Quinn, K. Beven, P. Chevallier, O. Planchon
- Geology
- 1991
The accuracy of the predictions of distributed hydrological models must depend in part on the proper specification of flow pathways. This paper examines some of the problems of deriving flow pathways… Expand
Bayesian Estimation of Uncertainty in Runoff Prediction and the Value of Data: An Application of the GLUE Approach
- J. Freer, K. Beven, B. Ambroise
- Mathematics
- 1 July 1996
This paper addresses the problem of evaluating the predictive uncertainty of TOPMODEL using the Bayesian Generalised Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE) methodology in an application to the… Expand
Prophecy, reality and uncertainty in distributed hydrological modelling
- K. Beven
- Mathematics
- 1993
Difficulties in defining truly mechanistic model structures and difficulties of model calibration and validation suggest that the application of distributed hydrological models is more an exercise in… Expand