Flood hazard assessment of Atrato River in Colombia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-609

  Mosquera Machado, S ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrato River; Colombia; Flood hazard; Flood map; Flood modeling; GIS; GRADEX; Gumbel; Quibd

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LEVEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOOD HAZARD; HAZARD MAP; PEAK DISCHARGE; ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT;

RIVER CONTROL;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LEVEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; RETURN PERIOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATRATO RIVER; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947630797     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9032-4     Document Type: Article

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