Effects of rainfall and soil/land use spatial distribution on hydrological response at different scales

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 470-477

  Berni, N ^a   Viterbo, A ^a   Pandolfo, C ^a   Stelluti, M ^a   Barbetta, S ^b   Brocca, L ^b  

^a Umbria Region Functional Centre   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flood forecasting; Rainfall runoff modelling; Scale; Semi distributed scheme; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING; SCALE; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED SCHEME; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RUNOFF;

RAIN;

EID: 78650546367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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