Precipitation and floodiness

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 10316-10323

  Stephens, E ^a   Day, J J ^a   Pappenberger, F ^b   Cloke, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate variability; floodiness; floods; forecasting; precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AWARENESS SYSTEMS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FLOODINESS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RIVER DISCHARGE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84953638325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066779     Document Type: Article

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