Seasonality of floods and their hydrometeorologic characteristics in the island of Crete

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 90-100

  Koutroulis, Aristeidis G ^a   Tsanis, Ioannis K ^a   Daliakopoulos, Ioannis N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Crete; Floods; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS; CRETE; DATA SETS; FLOOD EVENT; GRADIENT FIELDS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; LONG TERM; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONALITY; SEASONALITY INDEX; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW;

FLOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; FLOOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA LEVEL; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

CRETE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78049233695     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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