Peak runoff contributing area as hydrological signature of the probability distribution of floods

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2123-2134

  Fiorentino, Mauro ^a   Manfreda, Salvatore ^a   Iacobellis, Vito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate soil and vegetation interactions; Flood prediction; Hydrological modelling; Numerical simulation; Peak runoff contributing areas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

FLOOD PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547586954     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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