Extreme flood response to short-duration convective rainfall in South-West Germany

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1543-1559

  Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a   Borga, M ^b   Zoccatelli, D ^b   Marchi, L ^c   Gaume, E ^d   Ehret, U ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; EXTREME FLOOD; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; FLOOD PEAK; GERMANY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHS; INDIRECT ESTIMATES; MODEL RESULTS; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL MOMENT; STORM STRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATCHMENT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; STARZEL BASIN;

EID: 84861813331     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1543-2012     Document Type: Article

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