A past discharges assimilation system for ensemble streamflow forecasts over France - Part 1: Description and validation of the assimilation system

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1623-1637

  Thirel, G ^a,b   Martin, E ^a   Mahfouf, J F ^a   Massart, S ^c   Ricci, S ^c   Habets, F ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BEST LINEAR UNBIASED ESTIMATOR; DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; INITIAL STATE; SOIL LAYER; STATE VARIABLES; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DISCHARGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 77956022648     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1623-2010     Document Type: Article

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