Reassessment of flood risk for Scottish rivers using synthetic runoff data

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 255, 1999, Pages 209-215

  Steel, Michael E ^a   Black, Andrew R ^a   Werritty, Alan ^a   Littlewood, Ian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; PEAK FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033378860     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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