Toward real-time daily PQPF by an analog sorting approach: Application to flash-flood catchments

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-520

  Marty, Renaud ^a   Zin, Isabella ^a   Obled, Charles ^a   Bontron, Guillaume ^b   Djerboua, Abdelatif ^c  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b Direction de l'Energie ^*  (France)

^c RHEA   (France)

Author keywords

Forecast verification; Operational forecasting; Probability forecasts models distribution; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DAILY RAINFALL; EARLY WARNING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD WARNING; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LIMITED AREA MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL SERVICE; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PROBABILITY FORECASTS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; STATISTICAL FORECASTING;

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

ANALOG MODEL; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84859130663     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-011.1     Document Type: Article

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