Flood magnification on the River Rhine

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-164

  Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Van der Ploeg, Rienk R ^b   Schweigert, Peter ^b   Hoefer, Gunnar ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flood magnification; Flooding; Rhine River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF;

CHANNEL MODIFICATION; FLOOD MAGNIFICATION; FLOODING; SPECIFIC-GAUGE ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 31944433575     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5908     Document Type: Article

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