A spatially distributed flash flood forecasting model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-478

  Blöschl, Günter ^a   Reszler, Christian ^a   Komma, Jürgen ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distributed modelling; Dominant processes concept; Floods; Forecasting; Kalman Filter; Model accuracy; Parameter identification; Stream routing

Indexed keywords

GRID COMPUTING; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; DOMINANT PROCESSES CONCEPT; MODEL ACCURACY; STREAM ROUTING;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; ROUTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36148984281     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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