Probabilistic forecast of daily areal precipitation focusing on extreme events

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-269

  Bliefernicht, J ^a   Bardossy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN;

EID: 34047221076     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-263-2007     Document Type: Article

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