Flood forecast errors and ensemble spread-A case study

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Nester, T ^a   Komma, J ^a   Viglione, A ^a   Bloschl G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT SIZE; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; FLOOD FORECAST; FORECAST ERRORS; GERMANY; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; LEAD TIME; LONG LEADS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; TIME STEP; TWO-COMPONENT; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RUNOFF;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84867206440     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011649     Document Type: Article

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