The skill of ECMWF precipitation and temperature predictions in the Danube basin as forcings of hydrological models

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 749-766

  Pappenberger, Florian ^a   Buizza, Roberto ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETIES; BRATISLAVA; CATCHMENT SCALE; DANUBE BASIN; FORCINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LONGER TIME FRAMES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SKILL SCORE; SLOVAKIA; SMALL CATCHMENT; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; TIME PERIODS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RUNOFF; WATER ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DANUBE BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69949178790     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222120.1     Document Type: Article

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