Historic flood marks and flood frequency analysis of the Danube River at Bratislava, Slovakia

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 326-333

  Pekárová, Pavla ^a   Halmová, Dana ^a   Mitková, Veronika Bačová ^a   Miklánek, Pavol ^a   Pekár, Ján ^b   Škoda, Peter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bratislava; Danube River; Extreme flood peak; Flood hazard; Historic floods

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; RIVERS;

BRATISLAVA; DANUBE RIVERS; DESIGN DISCHARGE; EXTREME FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; LOW PROBABILITY;

FLOODS;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; DANUBE RIVER; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84890350651     PISSN: 0042790X     EISSN: 13384333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/johh-2013-0041     Document Type: Article

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