Probabilistic flood forecasting with a limited-area ensemble prediction system: Selected case studies

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 897-909

  Verbunt, M ^a   Walser, A ^b   Gurtz, J ^a   Montani, A ^c   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente dell'Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; TRIBUTARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN;

EID: 34848882211     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM594.1     Document Type: Article

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