A consistent set of trans-basin floods in Germany between 1952-2002

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1277-1295

  Uhlemann, S ^a   Thieken, A H ^a,b   Merz, B ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954730876     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1277-2010     Document Type: Article

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