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Short-term (1 to 10 day) forecasts were developed as part of the Climate Forecasting Applications for Bangladesh (CFAB) project aimed at providing operational real-time forecasts of river discharge into Bangladesh. For the last two monsoon seasons CFAB has disseminated operation…

This thesis develops two statistical models to predict Ganges river discharge at Hardinge Bridge in Bangladesh near India/Bangladesh border using only the previous local flow and upstream rainfall. Current operational flood forecasting in Bangladesh provides no more than 3-day l…