Hydrologic modeling of extreme floods using radar rainfall estimates

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Giannoni, Francesca ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Roth, Giorgio ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETERS; INFILTRATION; RADAR; RAIN; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

RAINFALL FIELDS;

FLOODS;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR;

HORTONIA;

EID: 0037298808     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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