Application of an analog downscaling technique to the assessment of future landslide activity - a case study in the Italian Alps

Climate Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-113

  Dehn, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; GCM; Landslide activity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 0033607120     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr013103     Document Type: Article

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