Testing probabilistic adaptive real-time flood forecasting models

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-279

  Smith, P J ^a   Beven, K J ^a,b,c   Leedal, D ^a   Weerts, A H ^d,e   Young, P C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forecast; Modelling; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905680401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12055     Document Type: Article

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