Estimation of extreme flash flood evolution in Barcelona County from 1351 to 2005

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-518

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33846601155     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-505-2006     Document Type: Article

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