A digitized global flood inventory (1998-2008): Compilation and preliminary results

Natural Hazards

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-422

  Adhikari, Pradeep ^a   Hong, Yang ^a   Douglas, Kimberly R ^a   Kirschbaum, Dalia Bach ^b   Gourley, Jonathan ^c   Adler, Robert ^b   Brakenridge, G Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA/National Severe Storm Laboratory   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality, impact assessment; Flood database; Global hazard assessment; Hydrological modeling; Spatiotemporal analysis

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INVENTORY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049342405     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9537-2     Document Type: Article

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