Flood modelling with a distributed event-based parsimonious rainfall-runoff model: Case of the karstic Lez river catchment

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1119-1133

  Coustau, M ^a   Bouvier, C ^a   Borrell Estupina, V ^a   Jourde, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PIEZOMETER; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STORMWATER;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LEZ RIVER;

EID: 84860253861     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1119-2012     Document Type: Article

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