Selection of historic heavy large-scale rainfall events in the Czech Republic

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1359-1367

  Kaspar, M ^a   Muller M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57849088358     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-1359-2008     Document Type: Article

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