Benefits and limitations of data assimilation for discharge forecasting using an event-based rainfall–runoff model

Mediterranean catchments in southern France are threatened by potentially devastating fast floods which are difficult to anticipate. In order to improve the skill of rainfall-runoff models in predicting such flash floods, hydrologists use data assimilation techniques to provide real-time updates of...

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Main Authors: M. Coustau, S. Ricci, V. Borrell-Estupina, C. Bouvier, O. Thual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/583/2013/nhess-13-583-2013.pdf