Performance assessment of a Bayesian Forecasting System (BFS) for real-time flood forecasting

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-63

  Biondi, D ^a   De Luca, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Flood forecasting; Rainfall runoff modeling; Stochastic rainfall prediction; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; FLOOD FORECASTING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STOCHASTIC RAINFALLS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84872261673     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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