Coupling hydrodynamic models and value of information for designing stage monitoring networks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Alfonso, Leonardo ^a   Price, Roland ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INFORMED DECISION; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MONITORING NETWORK; NETHERLANDS; VALUE OF INFORMATION; WATER SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING; FLUID DYNAMICS; WATER LEVELS; WATERWORKS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOD; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84866001399     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012040     Document Type: Article

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