Impact of rainfall spatial distribution on rainfall-runoff modelling efficiency and initial soil moisture conditions estimation

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-170

  Tramblay, Y ^a   Bouvier, C ^a   Ayral, P A ^b   Marchandise, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^c SCHAPI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

FRANCE; GARDON BASIN; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78751479418     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-157-2011     Document Type: Article

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