Assessment and classification of climatic aggressiveness with regard to slope instability phenomena connected to hydrological and morphological processes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 489-499

  Gregori, Enrico ^a   Andrenelli, M Costanza ^a   Zorn, Giovanni ^a  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Climatic aggressiveness; Rainfall indices; Slope instability phenomena

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN;

CLIMATIC AGGRESSIVENESS; PLUVIOMETRICAL DATA ANALYSIS; RAINFALL INDICES; SLOPE INSTABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN;

AGGRESSION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE STABILITY; WEATHER STATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748939577     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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