The CI-flow project: A system for total water level prediction from the summit to the sea

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1427-1442

  Van Cooten, Suzanne ^a   Kelleher, Kevin E ^a   Howard, Kenneth ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Gourley, Jonathan J ^a   Kain, John S ^a   Nemunaitis Monroe, Kodi ^b   Flamig, Zac ^b   Moser, Heather ^b   Arthur, Ami ^b   Langston, Carrie ^b   Kolar, Randall ^c   Hong, Yang ^c   Dresback, Kendra ^c   Tromble, Evan ^c   Vergara, Humberto ^c   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^d   Blanton, Brian ^e   Lander, Howard ^e   Galluppi, Ken ^e   Losego, Jessica Proud ^e   Blain, Cheryl Ann ^f   Thigpen, Jack ^g   Mosher, Katie ^g   Figurskey, Darin ^h   Moneypenny, Michael ^h   Blaes, Jonathan ^h   Orrock, Jeff ^h   Bandy, Rich ⁱ   Goodall, Carin ⁱ   Kelley, John G W ^j   Greenlaw, Jason ^j   Wengren, Micah ^j   Eslinger, Dave ^k   Payne, Jeff ^k   Olmi, Geno ^k   Feldt, John ^l   Schmidt, John ^l   Hamill, Todd ^l   Bacon, Robert ^m   Stickney, Robert ⁿ   Spence, Lundie ^o   more..

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g North Carolina Sea Grant   (United States)

^h NOAA/NWS Forecast Office   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA/NWS Forecast Office   (United States)

^j National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^k CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^l NOAA/NWS Southeast River Forecast Center   (United States)

^m South Carolina Sea Grant   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Southeast   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERSHEDS; COUPLED MODELING; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; DUAL-POLARIZED; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MULTI-SENSOR DATA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIDAL ELEVATIONS; WATER LEVEL PREDICTION; WATER-LEVEL SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 83655180944     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011BAMS3150.1     Document Type: Article

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