Hydrological analysis of a flash flood across a climatic and geologic gradient: The September 18, 2007 event in Western Slovenia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 182-197

  Zanon, Francesco ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Zoccatelli, Davide ^a   Marchi, Lorenzo ^b   Gaume, Eric ^c   Bonnifait, Laurent ^d   Delrieu, Guy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Flash flood; Hydrological modelling; Karst; Radar rainfall estimation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; SURVEYS;

ALPS; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; KARST; RADAR RAINFALL;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMETRY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; TERRAIN; WATERSHED;

ALPS; SLOVENIA;

PORZANA;

EID: 78049307898     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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