A hydrometeorological modeling study of a flash-flood event over Catalonia, Spain

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-303

  Amengual, Arnau ^a   Romero, R ^a   Gomez M ^b   Martin A ^a   Alonso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34447629734     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM577.1     Document Type: Article

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