Rainfall thresholds for flood triggering. The case of Marathonas in Greece

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 789-800

  Diakakis, Michalis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flood; Flood warning; Greece; Marathon; Rainfall intensity; Rainfall thresholds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM; WARNING SYSTEM;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84855309464     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9904-7     Document Type: Article

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