Flash-Flood Forecasting in an Andean Mountain Catchment—Development of a Step-Wise Methodology Based on the Random Forest Algorithm

Flash-flood forecasting has emerged worldwide due to the catastrophic socio-economic impacts this hazard might cause and the expected increase of its frequency in the future. In mountain catchments, precipitation-runoff forecasts are limited by the intrinsic complexity of the processes involved, par...

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Main Authors: Paul Muñoz, Johanna Orellana-Alvear, Patrick Willems, Rolando Célleri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/11/1519