Radar analyses of extreme rainfall and flooding in urban drainage basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 381, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 266-286

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Lynn Baeck, Mary ^a   Sturdevant Rees, Paula ^c   Krajewski, Witold F ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme event; Flooding; Radar; Rainfall; Urban catchment

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CHARLOTTE , NORTH CAROLINA; DENSE NETWORK; DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME FLOOD; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD HAZARDS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NON-LINEARITY; PROPERTY DAMAGE; RADAR ANALYSIS; RADAR RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL FORCING; REGIONAL VARIATION; RUNOFF PRODUCTION; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STREAM GAGES; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN CORE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DRAINAGE BASINS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN WATERSHED; WEATHER RADARS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; GAGES; RADAR; RUNOFF; STORMS; SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; FLOODING; HAZARD; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATERSHED;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549147382     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.048     Document Type: Article

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