Spatial and temporal variability of flood seasonality in Wales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1806-1820

  Macdonald, Neil ^a   Phillips, Ian D ^b   Mayle, Gareth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood; Gauged; North atlantic oscillation; Seasonality; Wales

Indexed keywords

LOW-ALTITUDE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; REGIONAL PATTERN; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; SMALL CATCHMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENTS;

FLOOD; FLOODING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77954372588     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7618     Document Type: Article

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