Abstract: Presented are necessary requirements of a modern-day flash-flood warning system that is capable of site-specific forecasts and that is suitable for national implementation. The requirements are identified based on the ...

Abstract: The use of information from climate model ensemble simulations for regional hydrologic and water resources impact studies necessitates the development of diagnostic measures of utility for this information on regional ...

Abstract: A total of 62 winter-storm events in the period 1964?99 over the Folsom Lake watershed located at the windward slope of the Sierra Nevada were simulated with a 9-km resolution using the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State ...

Abstract: The focus of this paper is the elucidation of the physical origins of the observed extreme rainfall variability over tropical oceans. A simple statistical?dynamical model, suitable for use in repetitive Monte Carlo ...

Abstract: Quantitative hydrologic forecasting usually requires knowledge of the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation. First, it is important to accurately measure the precipitation falling over a particular watershed ...

Abstract: This paper examines the conditions for which beneficial use of forecast uncertainty may be made for improved reservoir release decisions. It highlights the parametric dependencies of the effects of uncertainty in seasonal ...

Abstract: Numerical simulation techniques and idealized reservoir management models are used to assess the utility of climate information for the effective management of a single multiobjective reservoir. Reservoir management considers ...

Abstract: A record of 50 years of daily outflows through the boundaries of the continental United States has been assembled based on observations recorded by U.S. Geological Survey streamflow stations. Only stations with continuous ...

Abstract: The association between the El Niño/La Niña and seasonal streamflow for the Iowa River is investigated. The seasonal Southern Oscillation index (SOI) was ranked and the extreme quartiles for each season were selected to ...