A dynamic runoff co-efficient to improve flash flood early warning in Europe: Evaluation on the 2013 central European floods in Germany

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 410-418

  Raynaud, D ^a,b   Thielen, J ^b   Salamon, P ^b   Burek, P ^b   Anquetin, S ^a   Alfieri, L ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early warning; Flash flood; Probabilistic forecast; Runoff co efficient; Ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EARLY WARNING; EUROPEAN PRECIPITATIONS; FLASH FLOOD; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; STATISTICAL THRESHOLD; UNGAUGED BASINS;

FLOODS;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84936986079     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1469     Document Type: Article

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