Propagation of uncertainty from observing systems and NWP into hydrological models: COST-731 working group 2

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Zappa, Massimiliano ^a   Beven, Keith J ^b,c,d   Bruen, Michael ^e   Cofiño, Antonio S ^f   Kok, Kees ^g   Martin, Eric ^h   Nurmi, Pertti ⁱ   Orfila, Bartlomé ^j   Roulin, Emmanuel ^k   Schröter, Kai ^l   Seed, Alan ^m   Szturc, Jan ⁿ   Vehviläinen, Bertel ⁱ   Germann, Urs ^o   Rossa, Andrea ^p  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁱ FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j Terrestrial Remote Sensing Unit   (Spain)

^k ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^l BWS GmbH   (Germany)

^m Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^o FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^p ARPA Veneto   (Italy)

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Author keywords

COST 731; Hydrological modeling; NWP; Uncertainty; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77954428837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.248     Document Type: Article

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