Physically based estimation of maximum precipitation over American River Watershed, California

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-361

  Ohara, N ^a   Kavvas, M L ^a   Kure, S ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Jang, S ^a   Tan, E ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

American River; MM5; Numerical atmospheric model; Probable maximum precipitation (PMP)

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN RIVER; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; FLOOD EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL PERIODS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MM5; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL-BASED; MODELING APPROACH; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NON-STATIONARITIES; NUMERICAL ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; RAIN GAUGES; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; STORM EVENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GAGES; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RIVERS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA INTERPRETATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AMERICAN RIVER; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955005410     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000324     Document Type: Article

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