A 1-10-day ensemble forecasting scheme for the major river basins of Bangladesh: Forecasting severe floods of 2003-07

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 618-641

  Hopson, Thomas M ^a,b   Webster, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NOAA SATELLITE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEVERE WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGES RIVER;

EID: 77955503181     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1006.1     Document Type: Article

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