Flood-initiating catchment conditions: A spatio-temporal analysis of large-scale soil moisture patterns in the Elbe River basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1401-1414

  Nied, M ^a   Hundecha, Y ^a   Merz, B ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTION; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SEASONAL WETTING; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ELBE BASIN;

EID: 84879112983     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1401-2013     Document Type: Article

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