Reconstruction of a flash flood with large wood transport and its influence on hazard patterns in an ungauged mountain basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 3424-3437

  Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Diez Herrero A ^a   Eguibar, M A ^c   Pardo Iguzquiza E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clogging curves; Equivalent return period; Flood hazard analysis; Large wood material; Ungauged basin

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING CURVES; FLOOD HAZARDS; RETURN PERIODS; UNGAUGED BASINS; WOOD MATERIALS;

DEBRIS; HAZARDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LOSSES; RAIN; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WATER LEVELS; WOOD;

FLOODS;

BACKWATER; BASIN; FLASH FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION; RETURN PERIOD; WOODY DEBRIS;

FLOODS; HAZARDS; RAIN; WOOD;

EID: 84886235374     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9433     Document Type: Article

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