Ensemble hydro-meteorological simulation for flash flood early detection in southern Switzerland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-153

  Alfieri, Lorenzo ^a   Thielen, Jutta ^a   Pappenberger, Florian ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge threshold exceedance; Early warning; Flash floods; Hydrological ensemble predictions

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; DATA SETS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; EARLY DETECTION; EARLY WARNING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTREME EVENTS; FLASH FLOOD; FLASH FLOODING; FLOOD ALERT SYSTEMS; HUMAN SOCIETY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; NATURAL HAZARD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL CATCHMENT; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; SWITZERLAND; THRESHOLD EXCEEDANCE; WEATHER FORECASTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84856790318     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.038     Document Type: Article

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