Developing a large-scale water-balance approach to seasonal forecasting: Xapplication to the 2012 drought in Britain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3003-3012

  Bell, V A ^a   Davies, H N ^a   Kay, A L ^a   Marsh, T J ^a   Brookshaw, A ^b   Jenkins, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Hydrological model; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883302266     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9863     Document Type: Article

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