Ensemble flood forecasting with stochastic radar image extrapolation and a distributed hydrologic model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-611

  Kim, Sunmin ^a   Tachikawa, Yasuto ^a   Sayama, Takahiro ^a   Takara, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrologic model; Ensemble; External error simulation; Radar image extrapolation; Stochastic flood forecasting

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; EXTRAPOLATION; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; ENSEMBLE; EXTERNAL ERROR SIMULATION; RADAR IMAGE EXTRAPOLATION; STOCHASTIC FLOOD FORECASTING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADAR IMAGERY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 61849173514     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7188     Document Type: Article

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