Quantifying the uncertainty in the Soil Conservation Service flood hydrographs: A case study in the Azores Islands

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Leandro, J ^a,c   Leitao J P ^b   de Lima, J L M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flash flooding; Lack of data; SCS method; Stochastic models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD WAVE; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROGRAPHY; ISLAND; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84881644509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12010     Document Type: Article

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