Evaluation of real-time flash flood forecasts for Haiti during the passage of Hurricane Tomas, November 4-6, 2010

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-482

  Shamir, E ^a   Georgakakos, K P ^a,b   Spencer, C ^a   Modrick, T M ^a   Murphy Jr , M J ^a,c   Jubach, R ^a  

^a HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Flash flood forecast; Flash flood guidance; Haiti; Hurricane Tomas

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; HURRICANE EVENT; NOWCASTING; REAL TIME;

HAITI;

EID: 84877011454     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0573-6     Document Type: Article

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