High resolution simulations of a flash flood near Venice

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1671-1678

  Davolio, S ^a   Mastrangelo, D ^b   Miglietta, M M ^c   Drofa, O ^a   Buzzi, A ^a   Malguzzi, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLASH FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; JET FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND FORCING;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALPS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

MOLOCH;

EID: 77953739238     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1671-2009     Document Type: Article

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