An empirical method for estimating future flood risks for flood warnings

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-448

  Hlavcova, K ^a   Kohnova, S ^a   Kubes, R ^a   Szolgay, J ^a   Zvolensky, M ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Annual maximum 1 to 5 day precipitation depths; Antecedent basin saturation; Event based runoff generation; Extreme flooding; Flood warning; Rainfall runoff model

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WARNING SYSTEM;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 27644480533     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-9-431-2005     Document Type: Article

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