Advancing data assimilation in operational hydrologic forecasting: Progresses, challenges, and emerging opportunities

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3863-3887

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Weerts, A H ^c   Clark, M ^d   Hendricks Franssen, H J ^e   Kumar, S ^b,f   Moradkhani, H ^g   Seo, D J ^h   Schwanenberg, D ^c,i   Smith, P ^j   Van Dijk, A I J M ^k   Van Velzen, N ^l,m   He, M ^n,o   Lee, H ^n,p   Noh, S J ^q,r   Rakovec, O ^s   Restrepo, P ^t  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Forschungszentrum Jülich ^*  (Italy)

^f SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^g Portland State University   (United States)

^h The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^j LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^m VORtech   (Netherlands)

ⁿ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^o RIVERSIDE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^q KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^s WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^t National Weather Service   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECAST SYSTEM; OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA PROCESSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REAL TIME CONTROL; RESEARCH; TOOLS; WATER RESOURCES;

FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATER RESOURCE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84871397512     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3863-2012     Document Type: Article

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