A flood episode in northern Italy: Multi-model and single-model mesoscale meteorological ensembles for hydrological predictions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2107-2120

  Davolio, S ^a   Miglietta, M M ^b   Diomede, T ^c   Marsigli, C ^c   Montani, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ARPA SIMC (HydroMeteoClimate Regional Service of Emilia Romagna)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE PREDICTIONS; DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LASERS; RAIN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FORECASTING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

APENNINES; ITALY; RENO BASIN; RENO RIVER;

EID: 84879069551     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2107-2013     Document Type: Article

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