Radar-driven high-resolution hydro-meteorological forecasts of the 26 September 2007 Venice flash flood

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 230-244

  Rossa, Andrea M ^a   Laudanna Del Guerra, Franco ^a,b   Borga, Marco ^c   Zanon, Francesco ^c   Settin, Tommaso ^d   Leuenberger, Daniel ^e  

^a Centro Meteorologico di Teolo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d ARPAV DRST   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Flash flood; Flood forecasting; NWP; Radar data assimilation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; DENSE NETWORK; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDUCED SIGNAL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LEADTIME; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL STATE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; NWP; NWP MODEL; PHYSICS-BASED; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION; RADAR RAINFALL; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINGAUGES; RIVER BASINS; VENICE LAGOON;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; CONVECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; RESOLUTION;

DESE BASIN; ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 77954437805     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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