A hydraulic study on the applicability of flood rating curves

Hydrology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-19

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a   Claps, Pierluigi ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sections; Flood discharge; Hydraulic models; Observation uncertainty; Rating curve

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONS; EXTREME FLOWS; FLOOD DISCHARGE; FLOOD EVENT; HEC-RAS; MEASUREMENT RANGE; OBSERVATION UNCERTAINTY; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER GEOMETRY; STAGE-DISCHARGE; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

EXTRAPOLATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RATING; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

DATA SET; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 79952300675     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.098     Document Type: Article

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