Towards automatic calibration of 2-D flood propagation models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-924

  Fabio, P ^a,b   Aronica, G T ^b   Apel, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS; FLOOD PROPAGATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; MEASURING EQUIPMENTS; MODEL INDEPENDENT; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

CALIBRATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOLS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

EID: 77953586190     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-911-2010     Document Type: Article

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