Post-processing of medium-range probabilistic hydrological forecasting: Impact of forcing, initial conditions and model errors

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1434-1449

  Roulin, Emmanuel ^a   Vannitsem, Stéphane ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydrological ensemble predictions; Model errors; Post processing; Predictability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; HYDROLOGY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; STREAM FLOW;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; LINEAR TRANSFER FUNCTION; MODEL ERRORS; POST PROCESSING; PREDICTABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84923845202     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10259     Document Type: Article

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