Towards flash-flood prediction in the dry Dead Sea region utilizing radar rainfall information

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1066-1076

  Morin, Efrat ^a   Jacoby, Yael ^a   Navon, Shilo ^a   Bet Halachmi, Erez ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Dry climate; Flash floods; Hydrological model; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA; DRY CLIMATE; FLASH FLOODS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; WEATHER RADAR;

ALARM SYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; FLOODS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR SYSTEMS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67349281931     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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