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dc.date.accessioned2019-11-01T16:05:32Z
dc.date.available2019-11-01T16:05:32Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/70721
dc.description.abstractIn the contemporary world, many environmental and water resources related decisions rely upon wide range of modelling results. However, models are simplified representations of reality and their predictions are generally imperfect due to the inherent uncertainties emanating from various sources. Therefore, there is an increasing demand to incorporate uncertainty analysis as part of the modelling process. This PhD thesis was, thus, focused on uncertainty quantification and reduction in hydrological modelling through use of both existing and newly introduced methodologies. The viability of these methodologies was evaluated using the Statkraft’s hydrological model and relevant climatic and physiographic datasets from the Nea-catchment, Norway. One of the major outcomes of the PhD work was the adoption of an existing rejectionist uncertainty analysis framework as a ‘tool’ to find the useful out of the imperfect models. Further, machine learning models were coupled with the adopted uncertainty analysis framework in order to minimize the computational time when using this approach. Another major achievement was the improvement in the efficiency of two data assimilation schemes in their capability to extract the available information from the assimilated dataset and thus reducing the prediction uncertainty. The research outputs from this work are expected to contribute to the society at various levels. For example, they will aid water managers in quantifying and reducing modelling uncertainty and thereby in making rational decisions with regards to use of the valuable, but often scarce, water resources.en_US
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dc.relation.haspartPaper I: Teweldebrhan, A. T., Burkhart, J. F., and Schuler, T. V.: Parameter uncertainty analysis for an operational hydrological model using residual-based and limits of acceptability approaches, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 5021-5039, 2018, DOI: 10.5194/hess-22-5021-2018. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5021-2018
dc.relation.haspartPaper II: Teweldebrhan, A. T., Burkhart, J. F., Schuler, T. V., and Hjorth-Jensen, M.: Coupled machine learning and the limits of acceptability approach applied in parameter identification for a distributed hydrological model, Manuscript prepared for submission to Journal of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2019, DOI: 10.5194/hess-2019-464. The article is not included in the thesis. Available at https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-464
dc.relation.haspartPaper III: Teweldebrhan, A., Burkhart, J., Schuler, T., and Xu, C.-Y.: Improving the Informational Value of MODIS Fractional Snow Cover Area Using Fuzzy Logic Based Ensemble Smoother Data Assimilation Frameworks, Remote Sensing, 11, 28, 2019. doi:10.3390/rs11010028. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11010028
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5021-2018
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-464
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rs11010028
dc.titleEnsemble-based uncertainty quantification and reduction in hydrological modelling and predictionsen_US
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen_US
dc.creator.authorTeweldebrhan, Aynom Tesfay
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-73848
dc.type.documentDoktoravhandlingen_US
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70721/1/PhD-Teweldebrhan-2019.pdf


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