Flood forecasting in transboundary catchments using the Open Modeling Interface

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1640-1649

  Fotopoulos, F ^a   Makropoulos, C ^a   Mimikou, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

3B42; 3B42RT; Early warning; Evros; Flood forecasting; Open modeling interface; OpenMI; Rainfall runoff; Remote sensing; Satellite

Indexed keywords

3B42; 3B42RT; EARLY WARNING; EVROS; FLOOD FORECASTING; OPEN MODELING INTERFACE; OPENMI; RAINFALL RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; NASA; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; STANDARDIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; FLOOD FORECASTING; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BULGARIA; EVROS RIVER; GREECE; TURKEY;

EID: 79957470237     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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