A process typology of regional floods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Merz, R ^a   Bloschl G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Catchment state; Classification; Flood; Flood process

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW;

SPATIAL PATTERNS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FLOOD;

CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FLOOD; REGIONAL PATTERN; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1242277332     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001952     Document Type: Article

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