Effect of subsampling tropical cyclone rainfall on flood hydrograph response in a subtropical mountainous catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 248-261

  Huang, Jr Chuan ^a   Kao, Shuh Ji ^b,c   Lin, Chuan Yao ^b   Chang, Pao Liang ^d   Lee, Tsung Yu ^a   Li, Ming Hsu ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrograph; Radar based rainfall; TOPMODEL; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA SETS; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; FLOOD PEAK; FULL SCALE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MESOSCALE; RADAR-BASED RAINFALL; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL FIELDS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEST CASE; TOPMODEL; TRAVEL TIME; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON RAINFALL; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HURRICANES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; STORMS; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPH; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEAK FLOW; RADAR; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIME SERIES; TYPHOON;

ASIA;

EID: 80054068328     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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