The effect of large-scale atmospheric uncertainty on streamflow predictability

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 717-733

  Hou, Dingchen ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth ^b   Toth, Zoltan ^b   Lohmann, Dag ^c   Wei, Helin ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049110204     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1064.1     Document Type: Article

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