Satellite-supported flood forecasting in river networks: A real case study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 706-724

  García Pintado, Javier ^a   Mason, David C ^a   Dance, Sarah L ^a   Cloke, Hannah L ^a   Neal, Jeff C ^b   Freer, Jim ^b   Bates, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Earth Observation; Ensemble Kalman filter; Flood forecast; Observation localization; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; FRICTION; KALMAN FILTERS; OBSERVATORIES; RADAR; RIVERS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRIBOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FLOOD FORECAST; OBSERVATION LOCALIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BATHYMETRY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; KALMAN FILTER; RIVER; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84923365791     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.084     Document Type: Article

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