On the sensitivity of urban hydrodynamic modelling to rainfall spatial and temporal resolution

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 691-709

  Bruni, G ^a   Reinoso, R ^b   Van De Giesen, N C ^a   Clemens, F H L R ^a,c   Ten Veldhuis, J A E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; RUNOFF; SEWERS; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; HYDRODYNAMIC RESPONSE; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; RAINFALL STRUCTURES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS;

RAIN;

CORRELATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE; WATER DEPTH;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84922566547     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-691-2015     Document Type: Article

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