Predictive ability of severe rainfall events over Catalonia for the year 2008

This paper analyses the predictive ability of quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) and the so-called "poor-man" rainfall probabilistic forecasts (RPF). With this aim, the full set of warnings issued by the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC) for potentially-dangerous events due...

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Main Authors: A. Comellas, L. Molini, A. Parodi, A. Sairouni, M. C. Llasat, F. Siccardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-07-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1813/2011/nhess-11-1813-2011.pdf