Estimation of the relative severity of floods in small ungauged catchments for preliminary observations on flash flood preparedness: A case study in Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1507-1522

  Kim, Eung Seok ^a   Choi, Hyun Il ^b  

^a SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flash flood index; Flash flood preparedness; Flood severity; Runoff hydrograph

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROGRAPH; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATCHMENT; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYDROGRAPHY; KOREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KOREA;

EID: 84860234474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041507     Document Type: Article

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