The catastrophic flash-flood event of 8-9 September 2002 in the Gard Region, France: A first case study for the Cévennes-Vivarais Mediterranean Hydrometeorological Observatory

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-52

  Delrieu, Guy ^a   Ducrocq, Véronique ^b   Gaume, Eric ^c   Nicol, John ^a   Payrastre, Olivier ^c   Yates, Eddy ^a   Kirstetter, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Andrieu, Hervé ^d   Ayral, Pierre Alain ^e   Bouvier, Christophe ^f   Creutin, Jean Dominique ^a   Livet, Marc ^g   Anquetin, Sandrine ^a   Lang, Michel ^h   Neppel, Luc ^f   Obled, Charles ^a   Parent Du Châtelet, Jacques ⁱ   Saulnier, Georges Marie ^a   Walpersdorf, Andrea ^j   Wobrock, Wolfram ^k  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Ctr Enseignement/Rech Eau Ville ^*  (France)

^d Division Eau   (France)

^e ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^f Maison des Sciences de l'Eau Laboratoire Hydrosciences   (France)

^g Lab Regl des Ponts/Chaussees   (France)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ Centre de Meteorologie Radar   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL;

CEVENNES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20144377234     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-400.1     Document Type: Article

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