A hydrological analysis of the 4 November 2011 event in Genoa

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2743-2752

  Silvestro, F ^a   Gabellani, S ^a   Giannoni, F ^b   Parodi, A ^a   Rebora, N ^a   Rudari, R ^a   Siccardi, F ^a,c  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA;

EID: 84866534173     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2743-2012     Document Type: Article

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