The cases of June 2000, November 2002 and September 2002 as examples of mediterranean floods

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-284

  Milelli, M ^a   Llasat, M C ^b   Ducrocq, V ^c  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 68949197032     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-271-2006     Document Type: Article

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