Floods in the north-western Mediterranean region: Presentation of the HYMEX database and comparison with pre-existing global databases

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-9

  Llasat, Carmen ^a   Llasat Botija, Montserrat ^a   Petrucci, Olga ^b   Pasqua, Angela Aurora ^b   Rossello, Joan ^c   Vinet, Freddy ^c   Boissier, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damages; Flash floods; Floods; Mediterranean Region; Societal impact

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMMUNICATION PROCESS; DAMAGES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FLASH-FLOODS; GLOBAL DATABASE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

COMMUNICATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84876216539     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2013001     Document Type: Article

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