Cloud and cluster computing in uncertainty analysis of integrated flood models

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-70

  Moya Quiroga, V ^a   Popescu, I ^a   Solomatine, D P ^a,b   Bociort, L ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Romanian National Water Authority   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cloud and cluster computing; Flood mapping; Flood modelling; Hydroinformatics; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873594777     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2012.017     Document Type: Article

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