Space-time scale sensitivity of the Sacramento model to radar-gage precipitation inputs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 21-38

  Finnerty, Bryce D ^a   Smith, Michael B ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Koren, Victor ^a   Moglen, Glenn E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Radar data; Rainfall runoff; Sacramento model; Scale dependence; Space time scale

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEAN AREAL PRECIPITATION; NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR; SACRAMENTO MODEL; SPACE TIME SCALE;

RAIN;

FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SACRAMENTO MODEL;

EID: 0031593020     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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