Why hydrological predictions should be evaluated using information theory

Probabilistic predictions are becoming increasingly popular in hydrology. Equally important are methods to test such predictions, given the topical debate on uncertainty analysis in hydrology. Also in the special case of hydrological forecasting, there is still discussion about which scores to u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. V. Weijs, G. Schoups, N. van de Giesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-12-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/2545/2010/hess-14-2545-2010.pdf