Changing climate and extreme floods in the British uplands

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-186

  Macklin, Mark G ^a   Rumsby, Barbara T ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British uplands; Climate change; Extreme floods; Flood risk assessment; Lichenometry; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; LICHENOMETRY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; UPLAND REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247844610     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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