Evaluating a mesoscale atmosphere model and a satellite-based algorithm in estimating extreme rainfall events in northwestern Turkey

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 611-624

  Yucel, I ^a   Onen, A ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TURKEY;

EID: 84896504209     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-611-2014     Document Type: Article

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