Flood prediction in the future: Recognizing hydrologic issues in anticipation of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Hossain, Faisal ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAGES; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SENSORS;

FLOOD PREDICTION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM); PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHMS; FLOODS; GAGES; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 33846373084     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005202     Document Type: Review

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