The chronology and the hydrometeorology of catastrophic floods on Dartmoor, South West England

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3067-3087

  Foulds, S A ^a   Macklin, M G ^a   Brewer, P A ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dartmoor; Flash floods; Flood risk management; Lichenometry; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN;

DARTMOOR; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; LICHENOMETRY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS;

FLOODS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CHRONOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; FLASH FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LICHENOMETRY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84895918329     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9853     Document Type: Article

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