Radar-raingauge data combination techniques: A revision and analysis of their suitability for urban hydrology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 737-747

  Wang, Li Pen ^a   Ochoa Rodríguez, Susana ^a   Simões, Nuno Eduardo ^b   Onof, Christian ^a   Maksimović, Čedo ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gauge based adjustment; Merging combination; Pluvial flooding; Radar; Rainfall; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

DATA COMBINATION; GAUGE-BASED ADJUSTMENT; PLUVIAL FLOODING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CASE STUDY; HYDROLOGY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADAR; RAIN; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883789668     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.300     Document Type: Review

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