An experimental seasonal hydrological forecasting system over the Yellow River basin – Part 1: Understanding the role of initial hydrological conditions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2437-2451

  Yuan, Xing ^a   Ma, Feng ^a,b   Wang, Linying ^a,c   Zheng, Ziyan ^a   Ma, Zhuguo ^a   Ye, Aizhong ^b   Peng, Shaoming ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d YELLOW RIVER ENGINEERING CONSULTING CO   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOISTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; LOWER REACHES OF THE YELLOW RIVERS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PREDICTABILITY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84975797007     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-2437-2016     Document Type: Article

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