Rainfall uncertainty for extreme events in NWP downscaling model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1397-1406

  Bray, Michaela ^a   Han, Dawei ^a   Xuan, Yunqing ^b   Bates, Paul ^a   Williams, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Landmark Information Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Domain size; MM5; Precipitation; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; DOMAIN SIZE; MM5; PRECIPITATION; SENSITIVITY;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79954511896     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7905     Document Type: Article

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