Which rainfall spatial information for flash flood response modelling? A numerical investigation based on data from the Carpathian range, Romania

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 148-161

  Zoccatelli, D ^a   Borga, M ^a   Zanon, F ^a   Antonescu, B ^b   Stancalie, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Basin shape; Flash flood; Rainfall spatial statistics; River network

Indexed keywords

BASIN SHAPE; CATCHMENT SIZE; CHANNEL NETWORK; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD MODELLING; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAINFALL SPATIAL STATISTICS; RAINFALL STATISTICS; RIVER NETWORK; ROMANIA; RUNOFF RESPONSE; RUNOFF SIMULATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TRAVEL TIME;

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STATISTICS;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CARPATHIANS;

EID: 78049306947     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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