Climatic variability and its impact on rainfall extremes and urban runoff design in Tuscany

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 255, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Crisci, Alfonso ^a   Gozzini, Bernardo ^a   Grifoni, Daniele ^b   Meneguzzo, Francesco ^b   Zipoli, Gaetano ^b   Pagliara, Stefano ^c  

^a Lab Meteorol Climatol E   (Italy)

^b Applied Meteorology Foundation (FMA)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ITALY;

EID: 0033386991     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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