Rainfall monitoring systems over an urban area: The city of Rome

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1007-1019

  Russo, Fabio ^a   Napolitano, Francesco ^a   Gorgucci, Eugenio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rainfall fields; Rainfall interpolation; Raingauge network; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; RAIN GAGES; SEWERS; URBAN PLANNING;

FLASH FLOODS; RADAR METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL MONITORING SYSTEMS; SEWER SYSTEMS;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15744390767     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5642     Document Type: Article

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