Study of cloudburst and flash floods around Leh, India, during August 4-6, 2010

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2175-2204

  Thayyen, Renoj J ^a   Dimri, A P ^b   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Agnihotri, G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Extreme weather; Flash flood; Himalaya; Ladakh range; Leh cloudburst; WRF

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEVERE WEATHER;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH HIMALAYAS; LEH VALLEY;

EID: 84871935603     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0464-2     Document Type: Article

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