Development of the MESH modelling system for hydrological ensemble forecasting of the Laurentian Great Lakes at the regional scale

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1279-1294

  Pietroniro, A ^a   Fortin, V ^a   Kouwen, N ^b   Neal, C ^a   Turcotte, R ^c   Davison, B ^a   Verseghy, D ^a   Soulis, E D ^b   Caldwell, R ^a   Evora, N ^d   Pellerin, P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; STREAMFLOW;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248186643     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1279-2007     Document Type: Article

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