A past discharge assimilation system for ensemble streamflow forecasts over France - Part 2: Impact on the ensemble streamflow forecasts

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1639-1653

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

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Direction de la Climatologie   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BEST LINEAR UNBIASED ESTIMATOR; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FALSE ALARM RATE; FINAL STATE; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; INITIAL STATE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RANKED PROBABILITY SKILL SCORES; SKILL SCORE; SOIL PHYSICS; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; TIME RANGE;

DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DISCHARGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 77956045288     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1639-2010     Document Type: Article

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