Operational aspects of asynchronous filtering for flood forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2911-2924

  Rakovec, O ^a,c   Weerts, A H ^a,b   Sumihar, J ^b   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DISCHARGE ASSIMILATIONS; DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

CATCHMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARDENNES [CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE]; BELGIUM; CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84932598928     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-2911-2015     Document Type: Article

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