Verification of inflow into hydropower reservoirs using ensemble forecasts of the TIGGE database for large scale basins in Brazil

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 4, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 196-227

  Fan, Fernando Mainardi ^a,b   Schwanenberg, Dirk ^b,c   Collischonn, Walter ^a   Weerts, Albrecht ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasting; Inflow forecasting; TIGGE database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936863941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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