Technical Note: Initial assessment of a multi-method approach to spring-flood forecasting in Sweden

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 659-667

  Olsson, J ^a   Uvo, C B ^b   Foster, K ^a,b   Yang, W ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANALYSIS AND MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSEMBLE APPROACHES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-METHOD APPROACH; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN; VINDEL RIVER;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS;

EID: 84958225375     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-659-2016     Document Type: Article

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