Estimating flash flood discharge in an ungauged mountain catchment with 2D hydraulic models and dendrogeomorphic palaeostage indicators

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 970-979

  Ballesteros Canovas J A ^a   Eguibar, M ^b   Bodoque, J M ^c   Diez Herrero A ^a   Stoffel, M ^d,e   Gutierrez Perez I ^f  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f Ferrovial Agroman   (Spain)

Author keywords

Palaeoflood; Peak discharge estimation; Spanish Central System; TLS; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

PALAEOFLOOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; SPANISH CENTRAL SYSTEM; TLS; TREE RINGS;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEEBECK EFFECT; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDRAULICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; TREE RING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DATA BASES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SURVEYING;

EID: 79952093944     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7888     Document Type: Article

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