Improving flood forecasting in international river basins

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Hossain, Faisal ^a   Katiyar, Nitin ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

EID: 33846390557     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006EO050001     Document Type: Article

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