Historic floods in the city of Prague - A reconstruction of peak discharges for 1481-1825 based on documentary sources

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-214

  Elleder, L ^a   Herget, J ^b   Roggenkamp, T ^b   Niessen A ^b  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Documentary sources; Historical floods; Prague; Urbanized catchment

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCES; EARLY INSTRUMENTAL PERIOD; HISTORICAL FLOODS; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; PRAGUE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; INSTRUMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FLOOD; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; RECONSTRUCTION; ROUGHNESS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 84879083150     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.161     Document Type: Article

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