Calibration and evaluation of a flood forecasting system: Utility of numerical weather prediction model, data assimilation and satellite-based rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-66

  Yucel, I ^a   Onen, A ^a   Yilmaz, K K ^a   Gochis, D J ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Flood; Hydrology; WRF model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; GAGES; HYDROLOGY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL CALIBRATIONS; MODEL INITIAL CONDITIONS; MULTI-SENSOR PRECIPITATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; STREAMFLOW;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 84922343928     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.042     Document Type: Article

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