Seasonal runoff forecasting using precipitation from meteorological data assimilation systems

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 959-973

  Schär, Christoph ^a   Vasilina, Lyudmila ^b   Pertziger, Felix ^b   Dirren, Sébastien ^a,c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b Regional Center of Hydrology   (Uzbekistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT;

EID: 9444241466     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0959:SRFUPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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