Flood forecasting and warning at the river basin and at the european scale

Natural Hazards

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 25-42

  Werner, Micha ^a   Reggiani, Paolo ^a   De Roo, Ad ^b   Bates, Paul ^c   Sprokkereef, Eric ^d  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensemble forecasting; Flood forecasting; Pre warning

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22844450112     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-4537-8     Document Type: Article

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