Development and evaluation of flood forecasting models for forecast-based financing using a novel model suitability matrix

Forecast-based financing is a financial mechanism that facilitates humanitarian actions prior to anticipated floods by triggering release of pre-allocated funds based on exceedance of flood forecast thresholds. This paper presents a novel model suitability matrix that embeds application-specific nee...

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Main Authors: Jenny Sjåstad Hagen, Andrew Cutler, Patricia Trambauer, Albrecht Weerts, Pablo Suarez, Dimitri Solomatine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Progress in Disaster Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061720300132