《A two-step approach to investigate the effect of rating curve uncertainty in the Elbe decision support system》.pdfVIP

Xu et al. / J Zhejiang Univ Sci A 2008 9(9):1229-1238 1229 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A ISSN 1673-565X (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@ A two-step approach to investigate the effect of rating curve * uncertainty in the Elbe decision support system 1 2 2 †‡3 Yue-ping XU , Harriette HOLZHAUER , Martijn J. BOOIJ , Hong-yue SUN 1 ( Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China) (2 Water Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands) (3Institute of Harbor, Coast and Offshore Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China) †E-mail: shy@ Received Nov. 24, 2007; revision accepted Apr. 10, 2008 Abstract: For river basin management, the reliability of the rating curves mainly depends on the accuracy and time period of the observed discharge and water level data. In the Elbe decision support system (DSS), the rating curves are combined with the HEC-6 model to investigate the effects of river engineering measures on the Elbe River system. In such situations, the uncertainty originating from the HEC-6 model is of significant importance for the reliability of the rating curves and the corresponding DSS results. This paper proposes a two-step approach to analyze the uncerta