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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4971-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4971-2020
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23 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2020

Hierarchical sensitivity analysis for a large-scale process-based hydrological model applied to an Amazonian watershed

Haifan Liu, Heng Dai, Jie Niu, Bill X. Hu, Dongwei Gui, Han Qiu, Ming Ye, Xingyuan Chen, Chuanhao Wu, Jin Zhang, and William Riley

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It is still challenging to apply the quantitative and comprehensive global sensitivity analysis method to complex large-scale process-based hydrological models because of variant uncertainty sources and high computational cost. This work developed a new tool and demonstrate its implementation to a pilot example for comprehensive global sensitivity analysis of large-scale hydrological modelling. This method is mathematically rigorous and can be applied to other large-scale hydrological models.