Atmospheric model-based streamflow forecasting at small, mountainous watersheds by a distributed hydrologic model: Application to a watershed in Japan

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1107-1118

  Yoshitani, J ^a   Chen, Z Q ^b   Kavvas, M L ^b   Fukami, K ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Floods; Forecasting; Hydrologic model; Japan; Mountains; Streamflow; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; DATA DOMAINS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FIFTH GENERATION MESOSCALE MODELS; FLOOD FORECASTING; FORECAST MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODEL; JAPAN; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; LEADTIME; MOUNTAINS; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RUNOFF FORECAST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; TIME INTERVAL;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DAMS; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DAM; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SHIOBARA DAM; TOCHIGI;

EID: 70349540731     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000111     Document Type: Article

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