Willingness-to-pay for a probabilistic flood forecast: A risk-based decision-making game

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3109-3128

  Arnal, Louise ^a,b   Ramos, Maria Helena ^c   De Perez, Erin Coughlan ^d,e,f   Cloke, Hannah Louise ^a   Stephens, Elisabeth ^a   Wetterhall, Fredrik ^b   Van Andel, Schalk Jan ^g   Pappenberger, Florian ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Red Cross/Red Crescent   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Earth Institute   (United States)

^g UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORECASTING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84982719997     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3109-2016     Document Type: Article

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