The snow storm of 8 March 2010 in Catalonia (Spain): A paradigmatic wet-snow event with a high societal impact

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 427-441

  Llasat, M C ^a   Turco, M ^b   Quintana Segui P ^c   Llasat Botija, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWSTORM; SOCIAL NETWORK; THUNDERSTORM;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84896807671     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-427-2014     Document Type: Article

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