Error propagation of satellite-rainfall in flood prediction applications over complex terrain: A case study in northeastern Italy

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 215-227

  Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Flood prediction; Satellite rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891474997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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