Impact of spatial and temporal resolution of rainfall inputs on urban hydrodynamic modelling outputs: A multi-catchment investigation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 531, Issue , 2015, Pages 389-407

  Ochoa Rodriguez, Susana ^a   Wang, Li Pen ^b   Gires, Auguste ^c   Pina, Rui Daniel ^a   Reinoso Rondinel, Ricardo ^d   Bruni, Guendalina ^e   Ichiba, Abdellah ^c,f   Gaitan, Santiago ^e   Cristiano, Elena ^e   Van Assel, Johan ^g   Kroll, Stefan ^g   Murlà Tuyls, Damian ^b   Tisserand, Bruno ^h   Schertzer, Daniel ^c   Tchiguirinskaia, Ioulia ^c   Onof, Christian ^a   Willems, Patrick ^b   Ten Veldhuis, Marie Claire ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Universite Paris Est   (France)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f Direction des Services de l'Environnement et de l'Assainissement (DSEA)   (France)

^g Aquafin Belgium   (Belgium)

^h Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic models; Radar rainfall; Spatial temporal resolution; Urban drainage; Urban hydrology; X band radar

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; RADAR RAINFALL; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN HYDROLOGY; X-BAND RADARS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; EXTREME EVENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; RADAR; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84943013746     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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