Understanding sources of uncertainty in flash-flood forecasting for semi-arid regions

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 313, 2007, Pages 204-212

  Wagener, Thorsten ^a   Gupta, Hoshin ^b   Yatheendradas, Soni ^b   Goodrich, David ^c   Unkrich, Carl ^c   Schaffner, Mike ^d  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d National Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash floods; GLUE; Semi arid; Sensitivity; Sobol's method; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOODS; FORECASTING; GLUES; GLUING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FLASH FLOODS; SEMI-ARID; SENSITIVITY; SOBOL'S METHOD; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESERTIFICATION; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; RADAR; SEMIARID REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55749089237     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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