Rainfall patterns and critical values associated with landslides in Povoação County (São Miguel Island, Azores): Relationships with the North Atlantic Oscillation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-494

  Marques, Rui ^a   Zězere, José ^b   Trigo, Ricardo ^c   Gaspar, João ^a   Trigo, Isabel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Landslides; North Atlantic Oscilation; Raifall patterns; S o Miguel

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES; STORMS; VOLCANOES;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL PATTERN;

RAIN;

EARTHQUAKES; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; STORMS; VOLCANOES;

DEBRIS FLOW; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; POVOACAO; SAN MIGUEL; SAO MIGUEL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39849108264     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6879     Document Type: Article

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