General calibration methodology for a combined Horton-SCS infiltration scheme in flash flood modeling

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1317-1327

  Gabellani, S ^a,b   Silvestro, F ^a   Rudari, R ^a,b   Boni, G ^a,b  

^a CIMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 73449108185     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-1317-2008     Document Type: Article

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