Scale-invariance laws in the recurrence interval of extreme floods: An application to the upper Po river valley (northern Italy)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 264-271

  Mazzarella, A ^a   Rapetti, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flood; Fractal geometry; Scale invariance; Upper Po river valley

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY; INVARIANCE; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS;

ITALY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SCALE-INVARIANCE LAWS;

FLOODS;

CLASSIFICATION; FLOOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842486186     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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