Influence of rainfall and soil properties spatial aggregation on extreme flash flood response modelling: An evaluation based on the Sesia river basin, North Western Italy

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1090-1106

  Sangati, Marco ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Rabuffetti, Davide ^b   Bechini, Renzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Radar hydrology; Rainfall spatial variability; Soil properties spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CATCHMENT SIZE; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; EXTREME FLOOD; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD WAVES; FLOW DISTANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INFILTRATION MODELS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NETWORK-BASED; NON-LINEAR; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL SPATIAL VARIABILITY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; RESCALING; RIVER BASINS; RIVER NETWORK; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SOIL PROPERTIES SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SPATIAL COORDINATES; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RADAR; RANGE FINDING; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SESIA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HORTONIA; SESIA;

EID: 67349151100     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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