The 1966 "century" flood in Italy: A meteorological and hydrological revisitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Malguzzi, P ^a   Grossi, G ^b   Buzzi, A ^a   Ranzi, R ^b   Buizza, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLOOD; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RIVER BASIN;

ARNO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 34249992741     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007111     Document Type: Article

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