On comparing NWP and radar nowcast models for forecasting of urban runoff

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 351, Issue , 2012, Pages 620-625

  Thorndahl, S ^a   Bovith, T ^b   Rasmussen, M R ^a   Gill, R S ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Numerical weather prediction; radar nowcasting; QPE; QPF; Urban flow forecasting

Indexed keywords

NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; QPE; QPF; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SPATIAL COMPARISON; URBAN DRAINAGE MODEL; URBAN FLOW;

HYDROLOGY; SEWAGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MODELING; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINGAUGE; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84883080910     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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