Hydrological evaluation of high-resolution precipitation forecasts of the Gard flash-flood events (8-9 September 2002)

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1091-1117

  Chancibault, Katia ^a,b   Anquetin, S ^a   Ducrocq, V ^b   Saulnier, G M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Initialization; Mesoscale convective system; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLASH-FLOOD; INITIALIZATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646042929     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.164     Document Type: Article

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