© Hongliang Xu, 2015 Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo No. 1620 ISSN 1501-7710

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© Hongliang Xu, 2015

Series of dissertations submitted to the

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo No. 1620

ISSN 1501-7710

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5.2 Paper II ………...… 22

5.3 Paper III ……….……… 23

6 Conclusions ………..……….. 25

References ……….……… 28

Figures ………..…. 37

Tables ………...…. 40

Part B Scientific papers ……….... 43 Paper I: Evaluation of reanalysis and satellite-based precipitation datasets in driving hydrological models in a humid region of Southern China

Hongliang Xu, Chong-Yu Xu, Nils Roar Sælthun, Bin Zhou, Youpeng Xu Published in: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (2015) DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-1007-z. (In press)

Paper II: Assessing the influence of rain gauge density and distribution on hydrological model performance in a humid region of China

Hongliang Xu, Chong-Yu Xu, Hua Chen, Zengxin Zhang, Lu Li Published in: Journal of Hydrology (2013) 505, 1-12.

Paper III: Entropy theory based multi-criteria resampling of rain gauge networks for hydrological modelling – a case study of humid area in southern China

Hongliang Xu, Chong-Yu Xu, Nils Roar Sælthun, Youpeng Xu, %LQ=KRX Hua Chen

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