Extreme flash floods in Barcelona County

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 111-116

  Barrera, A ^a   Barriendos, M ^a   Llasat, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLASH FLOOD; URBAN PLANNING; WEATHER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748031761     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-2-111-2005     Document Type: Article

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