Hydrological impact of forest fires and climate change in a Mediterranean basin

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 609-628

  Versini, P A ^a,b   Velasco, M ^c   Cabello, A ^c   Sempere Torres, D ^b  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Water Technology Center ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest fire; Hydrological impacts; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLASH FLOOD; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84874211380     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0503-z     Document Type: Article

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