An evaluation of the Canadian global meteorological ensemble prediction system for short-term hydrological forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2221-2231

  Velazquez J A ^a   Petit, T ^a   Lavoie, A ^a   Boucher, M A ^a   Turcotte, R ^b   Fortin, V ^c   Anctil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Centre d'Expertise Hydrique du Québec   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77950356756     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-2221-2009     Document Type: Article

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