An operational flash-flood forecasting chain applied to the test cases of the EU project HYDROPTIMET

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 703-710

  Taramasso, A C ^a   Gabellani, S ^a   Parodi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 27644456804     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-703-2005     Document Type: Article

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