Ensemble flood forecasting in Africa: A feasibility study in the Juba-Shabelle river basin

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Thiemig, Vera ^a   Pappenberger, Florian ^b   Thielen, Jutta ^a   Gadain, Hussein ^c   de Roo, Ad ^a   Bodis, Katalin ^a   Del Medico, Mauro ^a   Muthusi, Flavian ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Ensemble prediction system; European flood alert system; Flood warning; Hydrological ensemble prediction systems; Juba Shabelle river basin; LISFLOOD; Probabilistic flood forecasting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 77954439472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.266     Document Type: Article

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