Operational verification of a framework for the probabilistic nowcasting of river discharge in small and medium size basins

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-776

  Silvestro, F ^a   Rebora, N ^a  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84859145961     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-763-2012     Document Type: Article

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