Investigating the optimal configuration of conceptual hydrologie models for satellite-rainfall-based flood prediction

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-536

  Harris, Amanda ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Model complexity; Satellite rainfall

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

FLOOD PREDICTION; HYDROLOGIE MODELS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 47849108685     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.922551     Document Type: Article

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