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Model, Scale, and Measurement

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In this chapter, relations between model, scale, and measurement will be discussed. A particular attention will be paid to the perspective of using spatio-temporal upscaling to bring model output closer to the measured observable of the physical system, with emphasis on hydrological observations.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Nicolae Suciu

  2. Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis, Cluj-Napoca Branch of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Nicolae Suciu

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Suciu, N. (2019). Model, Scale, and Measurement. In: Diffusion in Random Fields . Geosystems Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15081-5_7

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