Lightning activity, rainfall and flash flooding-occasional or interrelated events? A case study in the island of Crete

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-891

  Koutroulis, A G ^a   Grillakis, M G ^a   Tsanis, I K ^a,b   Kotroni, V ^c   Lagouvardos, K ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 84859699620     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-881-2012     Document Type: Article

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