Utility of Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for high resolution hydrologic forecasts in mountain watersheds of the Colorado Front Range

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 438-439, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-83

  Moreno, Hernan A ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b   Gochis, David J ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective precipitation; Distributed hydrologic model; Flood forecasting; Remote sensing; Satellite rainfall; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

COLORADO FRONT RANGE; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD PREDICTION; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MULTI SENSOR; PRECIPITATION PROPERTIES; RAIN GAUGE DATA; RAIN GAUGES; REGIONAL SCALE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCALING RELATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; VERIFICATION TOOLS; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DISCHARGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860388353     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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