Rainfall generators for application in flood studies

Flood Risk Assessment and Management: How to Specify Hydrological Loads, Their Consequences and Uncertainties

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-147

  Haberlandt, Uwe ^a   Hundecha, Yeshewatesfa ^b   Pahlow, Markus ^c   Schumann, Andreas H ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 84889961502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9917-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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