Flash flood forecasting: What are the limits of predictability?

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 622, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Collier, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Hydrological forecasts; Numerical models; Radar; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FLASH FLOODS; MUD FLOWS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947201793     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.29     Document Type: Review

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