Using globally available soil moisture indicators for flood modelling in Mediterranean catchments

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 839-853

  Massari, C ^a   Brocca, L ^a   Barbetta, S ^a   Papathanasiou, C ^b   Mimikou, M ^b   Moramarco, T ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; CONTINUOUS RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DIFFUSION; FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATTICA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84896859292     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-839-2014     Document Type: Article

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