Flash flood warning in ungauged basins by use of the flash flood guidance and model-based runoff thresholds

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Norbiato, Daniele ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Dinale, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ufficio Idrografico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flash flood forecasting; Flood risk management; Hydrometeorology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINUOUS RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; FLASH FLOOD; FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE; FLASH-FLOOD-WARNING; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODEL BASED APPROACH;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249217930     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.126     Document Type: Article

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