Estimating forecast lead time

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 60-66

  Pingel, Nathan ^a   Jones, Christy ^a   Ford, David ^a  

^a David Ford Consulting Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood forecasting; Probabilistic methods; Time factors

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS (FWS); PROBABILISTIC METHODS; TIME FACTORS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODS; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAIN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLOODING; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 20344398219     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2005)6:2(60)     Document Type: Article

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