Potential of soil moisture observations in flood modelling: Estimating initial conditions and correcting rainfall

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Massari, Christian ^a   Brocca, Luca ^a   Moramarco, Tommaso ^a   Tramblay, Yves ^b   Didon Lescot, Jean Francois ^c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Floods; Rainfall; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

FLOOD MODELLING; INITIAL CONDITIONS;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84907749327     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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