Extreme precipitation and floods in the changing world

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 281, 2003, Pages 32-39

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Potsdam Instfor Climate Impact Res   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impacts; Climate variability; Floods; Global change; Hydrological extremes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

URBANIZATION;

FLOODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 0042268521     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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