Hydrological and meteorological aspects of floods in the Alps: An overview

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 785-798

  Bacchi, Baldassare ^a   Ranzi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Floods; Meteorological models; Mountain hydrology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2142698707     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-7-785-2003     Document Type: Article

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