GloFAS-global ensemble streamflow forecasting and flood early warning

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1161-1175

  Alfieri, L ^a,b   Burek, P ^b   Dutra, E ^a   Krzeminski, B ^a   Muraro, D ^b   Thielen, J ^b   Pappenberger, F ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY; WEATHER PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BASIN; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84879068814     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1161-2013     Document Type: Article

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