Real-time flood forecasting of the Tiber river in Rome

Natural Hazards

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-477

  Calvo, Benedetto ^a   Savi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive calibration; Conceptual model; Confidence intervals; Flood forecasting

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROGRAPH; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REAL TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 68549102035     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9312-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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