Comprehensive post-event survey of a flash flood in Western Slovenia: Observation strategy and lessons learned

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3761-3770

  Marchi, Lorenzo ^a   Borga, Marco ^b   Preciso, Emanuele ^a   Sangati, Marco ^b   Gaume, Eric ^c   Bain, Valerie ^d,e   Delrieu, Guy ^f   Bonnifait, Laurent ^f   Pogačnik, Nejc ^g  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^e HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Flash flood; Peak discharge estimation; Post flood surveys; Weather radar; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVEYS;

CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLASH FLOOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOOD DISCHARGES; RAINFALL - RUNOFF MODELLING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; WOODY DEBRIS;

FLOODS;

DEBRIS FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; FLASH FLOOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERSHED; WOODY DEBRIS;

SLOVENIA;

PORZANA;

EID: 76149091505     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7542     Document Type: Article

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