On the use of real-time radar rainfall estimates for flood prediction in mountainous basins

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D2, 2000, Pages 2269-2280

  Borga, Marco ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^b   Frank, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

ITALY; MONTE GRANDE; VENETO;

EID: 0033753394     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900270     Document Type: Article

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