On the effects of small scale space-time variability of rainfall on basin flood response

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 514, Issue , 2014, Pages 313-327

  Paschalis, Athanasios ^a,b   Fatichi, Simone ^a   Molnar, Peter ^a   Rimkus, Stefan ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood response; Hydrological modeling; Stochastic rainfall modeling, STREAP

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

FLOOD RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC RAINFALLS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84899805868     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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