Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for postfire debris-flow emergency-response planning

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-236

  Cannon, Susan H ^a   Boldt, Eric M ^b   Laber, Jayme L ^b   Kean, Jason W ^a   Staley, Dennis M ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Floods; Rainfall thresholds; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SAFETY; THRESHOLD; WILDFIRE; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052285001     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9747-2     Document Type: Article

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