Rainfall space-time organization and orographic control on flash flood response: The Weisseritz event of august 13, 2002

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-193

  Tarolli, Michele ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Zoccatelli, Davide ^a   Bernhofer, Christian ^b   Jatho, Nadine ^b   Al Janabi, Firas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Flood risk management; Orographic precipitation; Rainfall spatial variability; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; SPATIAL RAINFALL VARIABILITIES;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RUNOFF; STORMS;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; RADAR; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GERMANY; SAXONY; WEISSERITZ BASIN;

EID: 84881362166     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000569     Document Type: Article

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