Continental and global scale flood forecasting systems

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 391-418

  Emerton, Rebecca E ^a,b   Stephens, Elisabeth M ^a   Pappenberger, Florian ^b,c   Pagano, Thomas C ^d   Weerts, Albrecht H ^e,f   Wood, Andy W ^g   Salamon, Peter ^h   Brown, James D ⁱ   Hjerdt, Niclas ^j   Donnelly, Chantal ^j   Baugh, Calum A ^b   Cloke, Hannah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁱ Hydrologic Solutions Limited   (United Kingdom)

^j SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 85097139925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1137     Document Type: Review

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