Reconstruction of the spring 2011 richelieu river flood by two regional climate models and a hydrological model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-54

  Lucas Picher, Philippe ^a,b   Riboust, Philippe ^b   Somot, Samuel ^c   Laprise, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Flood events; North America; Reanalysis data; Regional models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

CANADA; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; QUEBEC [CANADA]; RICHELIEU RIVER;

EID: 84922892807     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0116.1     Document Type: Article

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