Benefit of coupling the ISBA land surface model with a TOPMODEL hydrological model version dedicated to Mediterranean flash-floods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Vincendon, Béatrice ^a   Ducrocq, Véronique ^a   Saulnier, Georges Marie ^b   Bouilloud, Ludovic ^c   Chancibault, Katia ^d   Habets, Florence ^e   Noilhan, Joël ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Hydro meteorological coupling; ISBA; SVAT; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISBA; LAND SURFACE MODELING; SVAT; TOPMODEL; WATERSHED TOPOGRAPHY;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLING; DISCHARGE; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78049285736     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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