Floods in Catalonia (NE Spain) since the 14th century. Climatological and meteorological aspects from historical documentary sources and old instrumental records

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 32-47

  Llasat, María Carmen ^a   Barriendos, Mariano ^a   Barrera, Antonio ^a   Rigo, Tomeu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Climatic analysis; Floods; Historical data; Synoptic analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATOLOGY; HISTORY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RAIN;

CATALONIA; CLIMATIC ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL DATA; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

FLOODING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 26844461372     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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