Application of weather prediction models for hazard mitigation planning: A case study of heavy off-season rains in Senegal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 227-243

  Fall, Souleymane ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^a   Mohanty, U C ^b   Kumar, Anil ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy rainfall; Model evaluation; Tropics; Weather forecast model; Western Africa

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; FLOOD FORECASTING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MONSOON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34147092696     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9033-x     Document Type: Article

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