Numerical study of the October 2007 flash flood in the Valencia region (Eastern Spain): The role of orography

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1331-1345

  Pastor, F ^a   Gomez I ^a   Estrela, M J ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FLASH FLOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77954073048     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1331-2010     Document Type: Article

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