The flood risk in Cairns

Natural Hazards

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Baddiley, Peter ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Floods; Riverine flooding; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALIA;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0242456334     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026114316844     Document Type: Article

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