Characterisation of flash floods in small ungauged mountain basins of Central Spain using an integrated approach

Catena

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-43

  Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a,c   Diez Herrero A ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Ballesteros Canovas J A ^a,c   Stoffel, M ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flood frequency analysis; Historical floods; Palaeohydrology; Ungauged basins

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GAUGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

SPAIN;

EID: 84880388599     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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