A probability-based renewal rainfall model for flow forecasting

Natural Hazards

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-70

  Yu, Pao Shan ^a   Yang, Tao Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flood warning; Markov chain; Rainfall forecasting; Transfer function; Transition probability matrix

Indexed keywords

FLOOD WARNING; MARKOV CHAIN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL FORECASTING; RAINFALL/RUNOFF MODEL;

EID: 0031443734     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007946628274     Document Type: Article

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