Flash floods and debris flow in the city area of Messina, north-east part of Sicily, Italy in October 2009: The case of the Giampilieri catchment

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1295-1309

  Aronica, G T ^a   Brigandi G ^a   Morey, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; FLASH FLOOD; GIS; HYDROGRAPH; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINSTORM; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 84860821714     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1295-2012     Document Type: Article

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