Evaluation of the short-term processes forcing the monsoon river floods in bangladesh

Water International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-399

  Jakobsen, Flemming ^a   Hoque, A K M Zeaul ^b   Paudyal, Guna Nidhi ^c   Bhuiyan, Salim ^d  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b Institute of Water Modelling   (Bangladesh)

^c IWRA DHI Water and Environment   (Nepal)

^d Flood Forecasting Warning Centre ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Discharge; Flood; Rainfall; Water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644523598     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060508691880     Document Type: Article

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