On the uncertainties of flash flood guidance: Toward probabilistic forecasting of flash floods

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 896-915

  Ntelekos, Alexandros A ^a,b   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^c   Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750932921     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM529.1     Document Type: Article

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