A meteo-hydrological forecasting chain: Performance of the downscaling and rainfall-runoff steps in a small catchment

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 361-369

  Deidda, R ^a   Badas, M G ^a   Seoni, A ^a   Piga, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DOWNSCALING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

EID: 33748878810     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-7-361-2006     Document Type: Article

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