Estimation of Extreme Flood Characteristics Using Physically Based Models of Runoff Generation and Stochastic Meteorological Inputs

Water International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-86

  Kuchment, Lev S ^a   Gelfan, Alexander N ^a  

^a WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Physically based modelling; Rainfall flood; Snowmelt flood; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036242906     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060208686980     Document Type: Article

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