Real-time variational assimilation of hydrologic and hydrometeorological data into operational hydrologic forecasting

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 627-641

  Seo, Dong Jun ^a   Koren, Victor ^a   Cajina, Neftali ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODELING; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 0042092515     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0627:RVAOHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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